gadflies

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A form of gadfly — Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a bot fly) or Tabanidae (horse fly), noted for irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their blood; a gadbee.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of gadfly
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