brummer fly, noun phrase

Origin:: Afrikaans, EnglishShow more Adaptation of Afrikaans brommer (see brommer) + English fly.

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1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 92Brummer fly,..An insect somewhat like the common housefly, but considerably larger. It is useful in the destruction of locusts.

1924 Chambers’s Jrnl (U.K.) XIV. 314The brummer fly (Wolfahrtia brunis palpis) lays its eggs in the neck of the locust.

brommer.

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bru, nounn.brusher, nounn.

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