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Gadfly Definition And Meaning
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}.

Gadfly Definition And Meaning

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

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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