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heel fly

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Origin of heel fly1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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Example Sentences

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The first named, H. lineatum, is commonly called the heel fly and is more generally distributed over the United States than the other species.

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This fly commonly deposits its eggs about the coronet, whence the name of heel fly, and on the fetlocks, knees, and hocks.

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Achilles was vulnerable in the heel: fly, O man, from the woman who is indifferent to the lure of a silk stocking!

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