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gadfly
noun
[ ˈɡadflʌɪ ]
• a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.
Origin:
late 16th century: from gad, or obsolete gad ‘goad, spike’, from Old Norse gaddr, of Germanic origin; related to yard1.
