noun
- A biting fly, especially a horsefly or gadfly, that feeds on the blood of animals.
Usage: chiefly British and dialectal; also called a horsefly or gadfly in American English
Examples
- The cleg bit the horse on its neck, causing it to rear up.
- Farmers in the region complained about clegs bothering their cattle during summer.
- A cleg landed on my arm, and I swatted it away before it could bite.
- The pasture was infested with clegs that made it difficult for the animals to graze peacefully.