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单词 burrel-fly
释义 burrel-fly
[Derivation unknown: cf. F. bourreler to torment.]
The gadfly.
1658[see whame n.].1678Phillips (App.), Burrel-fly, the same as Gad-fly.1713Derham Phys.-Theol. (L.) The whame, or burrel-fly, is vexatious to horses in summer.1721Bailey, Burrel-fly, an Insect very troublesome to working Cattle. Hence in Johnson and mod. Dicts.1829[see whame n.].1951Colyer & Hammond Flies Brit. Isles vi. 102 Various names have been bestowed upon Tabanidae, including burrel-flies, gad flies..horse flies [etc.].
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