Definitions
any of various large flies that annoy livestock
Used in a sentence
“He that made that ryme in jeſt, little conſidered what a gad-fly may doe in earneſt. It is ſmall wiſedome to contemne the ſmalleſt enemy; the gad-fly is a little creature, but ſome little creatures be ſtingers; […]”
“Light fly his ſlumbers, if perchance a flight / Of angry gad-flies faſten on the herd; […]”
“The nomads of Africa are constrained to wander by the attacks of the gadfly, which drives the cattle mad, and so compels the tribe to emigrate in the rainy season and drive off the cattle to the higher sandy regions.”
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