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Gadfly, common name of any of various flies that are parasitic on animals or human beings, particularly the botfly and the horsefly.

Socrates’s self-described role as the public “gadfly” of Athens made him unpopular with many citizens. He may have been seen as being in some way...

Petrel, common name for members of three families of an order of seabirds: the storm petrels, the diving petrels, and many members of the family that...

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- fly that bites livestock: a fly that irritates livestock by biting them and sucking their blood. Horseflies are a type of gadfly.
- somebody annoying: somebody regarded as persistently annoying or irritating

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