(n.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.

Introduction to Oration ii.
... even after the lapse of many years, speaks of his ordination as an act of tyranny,
and at the time, stung almost to madness, as an ox by a gadfly, rushed away ...
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Of the Praise of Solitary Life and of the First Lovers Thereof ...
... John Baptist, after Christ the prince of hermits, tarrying in no desire, chose a
solitary life; and others have also chosen it, like to a gadfly, the which ...
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Striking Similes
... As bright as sunlight on a stream. As busy as a bee. As cattle driven by a gadfly.
As chimney sweepers come to dust. As clear as a whistle. ...
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Oration on the Holy Lights.
... [3929] Zeus fell in love with Isis, and carried her off in the form of a heifer.
Here, discovering the fraud, sent a gadfly, which drove Isis mad. ...
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Babylonia and Assyria
... Ea-bani died of the bite of a gadfly, and his spirit mounted to the skies,
while Gilgames himself was smitten by a sore disease. ...
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Gadfly (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gadfly (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is a very
fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come. ...
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Gader (1 Occurrence)

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Gad-fly (1 Occurrence)
Gad-fly. Gadfly, Gad-fly. Gadi . Multi-Version Concordance Gad-fly (1
Occurrence). ... (DBY). Gadfly, Gad-fly. Gadi . Reference Bible.
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