† bombyliousadj.

Etymology: < Latin bombylius, < Greek βομβυλιός a humble-bee or other buzzing insect ( < βόμβος boom, hum), now made the generic name of a dipterous insect, the Humble-bee Fly.

Obsolete.

Buzzing, humming, like a large bee.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that buzzes

churring1599

chirring1648

bombylious1713

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiv. 249 The Horse Fly..is vexatious to Horses..not by stinging them, but only by their bombylious Noise. [mispr. bombylicus; bombilious is an error of recent Dicts.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	bombylious
释义	† bombyliousadj. Etymology: < Latin bombylius, < Greek βομβυλιός a humble-bee or other buzzing insect ( < βόμβος boom, hum), now made the generic name of a dipterous insect, the Humble-bee Fly. Obsolete. Buzzing, humming, like a large bee. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that buzzes churring1599 chirring1648 bombylious1713 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiv. 249 The Horse Fly..is vexatious to Horses..not by stinging them, but only by their bombylious Noise. [mispr. bombylicus; bombilious is an error of recent Dicts.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1713
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