blind-fly

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species…

   Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota.

   • I caught a number of that species of Tabanidae which has a large, grey-striped body, greenish-yellow eyes, and entirely transparent wings. This is locally termed the "blind fly" and it feeds on blood.
2. 2

   The game of blind man's buff

   • Possibly derived from the Italian name of the game: Mosca cieca, which literally means "blind fly".
   • Bengalis, like the Italians, call the name "Kana Machi, "Blind Fly", and, as with us, the blind man has to touch one of the players sitting round, and after feeling him, has to state his name.

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