† wag-legn.

Forms: Also 1600s wagge-legge.

Etymology: < wag v. + leg n.

Obsolete.

A gadfly.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly)

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1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 76 Buprestis,..a venemous flie like a beetle, and hurtfull to cattell: a longe legge: a wag-leg.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 645 The milk of sheepe being hot, is of force against al poisons, except in those which shal drinke a venemous fly called a Wag-legge, and Libbards bane.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	wag-leg
释义	† wag-legn. Forms: Also 1600s wagge-legge. Etymology: < wag v. + leg n. Obsolete. A gadfly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly) breezea800 stoutc1000 horsefly1382 gad-bee1510 gadfly1569 brimse1579 wag-leg1585 breeze-fly1587 breame1589 beast-fly1658 burrel-fly1658 whame1658 gad-breeze1665 bree1678 garabee1692 gad1830 thunderbug1837 ox-warble1840 March fly1852 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 76 Buprestis,..a venemous flie like a beetle, and hurtfull to cattell: a longe legge: a wag-leg. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 645 The milk of sheepe being hot, is of force against al poisons, except in those which shal drinke a venemous fly called a Wag-legge, and Libbards bane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1585
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