Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The œstrus or bot-fly, Hypoderma bovis, which infests cattle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The gadfly of cattle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
gadfly ofcattle .
Etymologies
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ox + fly
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Judo Judy gotta go cause she never wasn't old to realize … Small tiny petty little oxfly could upset the rain I woke up again!
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