gadfly
Kelime Anlamı :
1. atsineği.
2. at sineği.
3. büvelek.
4. büve.
5. ısrarcı kimse.
6. yapışkan tip.
7. zoo/ Tabanus bovinus.
8. yapışkan huylu kimse.
9. atsinek.
10. [n] at sineği.
Tanımlar :
1.
A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
2. one that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
3. any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.
2. one that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
3. any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
any dipterous insect of the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies.
2. A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood.
3. one who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant.
4. one who merely irritates without making useful suggestions.
5. A bloodsucker
2. A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood.
3. one who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant.
4. one who merely irritates without making useful suggestions.
5. A bloodsucker
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
any dipterous insect of the genus oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
the popular name of sundry flies which goad or sting domestic animals, as a breeze, breeze-fly, or horse-fly; specifically, a dipterous insect of the family Tabanidæ and suborder Brachycera, representing also a superfamily Hexachætæ.
2. A common though erroneous name of sundry flies (bot-flies) of the family Œstridæ and genus Œstrus or Hippoderma, belonging to a different series of the great order diptera from that of gadflies proper.
3. figuratively, one who is constantly going about; a mischievous or annoying gadabout.
2. A common though erroneous name of sundry flies (bot-flies) of the family Œstridæ and genus Œstrus or Hippoderma, belonging to a different series of the great order diptera from that of gadflies proper.
3. figuratively, one who is constantly going about; a mischievous or annoying gadabout.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia