gadflies

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plural of gadfly
gadfly
One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant
gadfly
A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanid, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood
gadfly
{n} a fly that stings cattle, the breeze-flye
gadfly
If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority
gadfly
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied group of botflies
gadfly
a persistently annoying person
gadfly
A bloodsucker
gadfly
One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempt to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant
gadfly
any of various large flies that annoy livestock
gadfly
A horsefly
gadfly
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid[ae], noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood
gadfly
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies
gadfly
{i} bloodsucking fly; (Informal) person who annoys everyone around him (with questions, ideas, plans, requests, etc.)
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