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brulot
[< Cdn F < F; cf. brûler to burn]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
black fly; sand fly.
Quotations
1812
The musquitoes make their appearance about the 15th June and leave us about the end of August, about which time the brulots succeed in swarms; their sting is particularly powerful and venemous in this quarter.
1876
More diminutive is the burning fly, brulot or sand-fly of the trappers and fur-traders.