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Gadfly

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Horseflies & Oestroid flies:
Any
(“two-winged”)
or
of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a
) or Tabanidae (horsefly),
for
by
about them, and
them to
their blood; a gadbee.
●
A person or
that
or instigates.
●
In People & Personality:
  • A person or
    that
    or instigates.
  • A person who
    the
    by
    or
    , or
    to
    by being an irritant.
    • ●
    Synonym of
    (“a person who
    from place to place,
    or the
    of others”)
    ⚠️
    In Parasites:
    A person who
    without
    ; a bloodsucker.
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