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gadfly
(encz) | gadfly,otravný člověk n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gadfly
(gcide) | Gadfly \Gad"fly`\ (g[a^]d"fl[imac]`), n.; pl. Gadflies. [Gad +
fly.] (Zool.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied
genera of botflies.
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Note: The sheep gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in
the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[ae] develop in the
frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in
the skin where the larv[ae] or bots live and produce
sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and
Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously
called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
incorrectly called breeze flies.
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Gadfly petrel (Zool.), one of several small petrels of the
genus Oestrelata.
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gadfly
(gcide) | Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
to roar, rush.] (Zool.)
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid[ae], noted
for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They
are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
also breese and brize.]
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gadfly
(wn) | gadfly
n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock |
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sheep gadfly
(encz) | sheep gadfly, n: |
Gadfly
(gcide) | Gadfly \Gad"fly`\ (g[a^]d"fl[imac]`), n.; pl. Gadflies. [Gad +
fly.] (Zool.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied
genera of botflies.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The sheep gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in
the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[ae] develop in the
frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in
the skin where the larv[ae] or bots live and produce
sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and
Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously
called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
incorrectly called breeze flies.
[1913 Webster]
Gadfly petrel (Zool.), one of several small petrels of the
genus Oestrelata.
[1913 Webster]Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
to roar, rush.] (Zool.)
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid[ae], noted
for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They
are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
also breese and brize.]
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Gadfly petrel
(gcide) | Gadfly \Gad"fly`\ (g[a^]d"fl[imac]`), n.; pl. Gadflies. [Gad +
fly.] (Zool.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied
genera of botflies.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The sheep gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in
the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[ae] develop in the
frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in
the skin where the larv[ae] or bots live and produce
sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and
Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously
called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
incorrectly called breeze flies.
[1913 Webster]
Gadfly petrel (Zool.), one of several small petrels of the
genus Oestrelata.
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sheep gadfly
(wn) | sheep gadfly
n 1: larvae are parasitic on sheep [syn: sheep botfly, {sheep
gadfly}, Oestrus ovis] |
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