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For when a "dassel" or "bies" fly draws near the herd, the cattle become unmanageable and run about among one another as though they were mad, knowing, as they do, that the larvae from the eggs which the fly will lay upon them will presently pierce their hides and occasion them painful sores.
Unconscious Memory Samuel Butler 1868
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"dassel" flies -- which have no sting -- closely resemble another kind of gadfly which has a sting.
Unconscious Memory Samuel Butler 1868
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