gadfly

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One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant
A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanid, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood
A bloodsucker

He's a regular gadfly and takes advantage of his friend's generosity.

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