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tr['gædflaɪ]1 SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL tábano1) : tábano m (insecto)2) faultfinder: criticón m, -cona f famn.• tábano s.m.'gædflaɪ['ɡædflaɪ]N tábano m* * *['gædflaɪ] -
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English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > gadfly
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gad·fly[ˈgædflaɪ]n* * *['gdflaɪ]n(Vieh)bremse f* * *gadfly s1. ZOOL Viehbremse f2. fig lästiger Mensch* * *(insect) n.Stechfliege f. n.Bremse -n f. -
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{'gædflai}
1. зоол. щръклица (сем. Tabanidae)
2. прен. досадник, шило* * *{'gadflai} n 1. зоол. щръклица (сем. Tabanidae); 2. прен. доса* * *щръклица;* * *1. зоол. щръклица (сем. tabanidae) 2. прен. досадник, шило* * * -
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n. horzel, lastig iemand; bijnaam voor iemand die altijd de lolbroek uithangt, spelbreker (bij vragen, ideeën, plannen, etc.)gadfly -
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[English Word] gadfly[Swahili Word] pange[Swahili Plural] mapange[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6an------------------------------------------------------------ -
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['gædflaɪ]сущ.1) зоол. овод, слепеньSyn:2) разг. критиканThe reporter was a constant gadfly to the authorities. — Этот журналист постоянно доставал власти своей критикой.
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subs.P. and V. μύωψ, ὁ (Plat.), V. οἶστρος, ὁ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Gadfly
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1) Общая лексика: овод, слепень, человек, постоянно причиняющий беспокойство (напр., властям)2) Биология: носоглоточные оводы (Oestridae), слепень (Tabamis)3) Разговорное выражение: надоедливый человек, человек, вызывающий раздражение -
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[`gædflaɪ]овод, слепеньнадоедливый человекАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > gadfly
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Gadfly — can refer to: *Gadfly, a type of fly typically belonging to either the family Tabanidae (Horse fly) or Oestridae (Botfly) *Gadfly (social), a term for people who upset the status quo *Gadfly (database), a relational database in the Python… … Wikipedia
Gadfly — Gad fly (g[a^]d fl[imac] ), n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied genera of botflies. [1913 Webster] Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gadfly — (n.) 1620s, fly which bites cattle, probably from GAD (Cf. gad) (n.) goad, metal rod, here in the sense of stinger; but the sense is entangled with gad (v.) and another early meaning of gadfly was someone who likes to go about, often stopping… … Etymology dictionary
gadfly — [n] goad; nuisance annoyance, energizer, excitant, irritant, motivator, mover, pest, prod, spur, stimulator; concepts 412,674 … New thesaurus
gadfly — ► NOUN 1) a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly. 2) an annoying and provocative person. ORIGIN from GAD(Cf. ↑gad), or obsolete gad goad, spike , from Old Norse … English terms dictionary
gadfly — [gad′flī΄] n. pl. gadflies [ GAD2 + FLY2] 1. any of several large flies, as the horsefly, that bite livestock 2. a person who annoys others, esp. by rousing them from complacency … English World dictionary
Gadfly — A slang term for an investor who attends the annual shareholders meeting to criticize the corporation s executives. A gadfly addresses many issues for the shareholders, often grilling the management by asking difficult or embarrassing questions.… … Investment dictionary
gadfly — n. annoying person a gadfly to (the reporter was a constant gadfly to the government) * * * [ annoying person ] a gadfly to (the reporter was a constant gadfly to the government) … Combinatory dictionary
gadfly — [[t]gæ̱dflaɪ[/t]] gadflies N COUNT If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a… … English dictionary
gadfly — UK [ˈɡædˌflaɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms gadfly : singular gadfly plural gadflies 1) mainly literary someone who continuously annoys another person or an organization, usually by criticizing them 2) a fly that bites cows and horses … English dictionary
gadfly — Breeze Breeze, Breeze fly Breeze fly , n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[ o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English