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Gadfly
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What's The Definition Of Gadfly?
[n] any of various large flies that annoy livestock
[n] a persistently annoying person Synonyms | Synonyms for Gadfly: blighter | cuss | pest | pesterer Related Terms | Find terms related to Gadfly: abettor | actuator | animator | cajoler | coax | coaxer | encourager | energizer | firer | gad | galvanizer | goad | impeller | inducer | inspirer | lash | mover | moving spirit | oxgoad | persuader | pleader | prick | prime mover | prod | prompter | rowel | spark | spark plug | sparker | spur | stimulator | sting | tempter | wheedler | whip | whiplash See Also | botfly | cleg | clegg | fly | horse fly | horsefly | nudnick | nudnik | persecutor | tormenter | tormentor | warble fly Gadfly In Webster's Dictionary \Gad"fly`\, n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied
genera of botflies.
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.
{Gadfly petrel} (Zo["o]l.), one of several small petrels of
the genus {Oestrelata}.
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