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形似苍蝇,牛蝇,讨厌的人
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gadfly \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}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
gadfly
n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: {pest}, {blighter}, {cuss},
{pesterer}]
2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock