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  Stable \Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
     stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i.]
     A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
     esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
     horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Stable fly (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly ({Stomoxys
        calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often
        enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also
        biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house
        flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are
        troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the
        larger horse fly.
        [1913 Webster]

  Stable \Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
     stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i.]
     A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
     esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
     horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.
  
     Stable fly (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly ({Stomoxys
        calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often
        enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files,
        unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite
        severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.

  stable fly
     n.
     1 Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus ''Stomoxys'', of the
  family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among
  members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
     2 # (taxlink Stomoxys calcitrans species).

  stable fly
     n.
     1 Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus ''Stomoxys'', of the
  family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among
  members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
     2 # (taxlink Stomoxys calcitrans species).

  stable fly
     n.
     1 Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus ''Stomoxys'', of the
  family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among
  members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
     2 # (taxlink Stomoxys calcitrans species).

  stable fly
     n.
     1 Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus ''Stomoxys'', of the
  family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among
  members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
     2 # (taxlink Stomoxys calcitrans species).

  stable fly /stˈeɪbəl flˈaɪ/
  Gemeine Stechfliege , Brennfliege , Stallfliege , Wadenstecher , Wadenbeißer  [ugs.]  [zool.]
           Note: Stomoxys caiciltrans
     Synonyms: barn fly, biting house fly
  
   see: stable flies, barn flies, biting house flies
  

  stable fly /stˈeɪbəl flˈaɪ/ 
  pistokärpänen
  stable fly

  stable fly /stˈeɪbəl flˈaɪ/ 
  サシバエ
  stable fly