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  1. Noun

    horsefly; gadfly

    Usually written using kana alone

    見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。
    More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.

Also written 蝱【あぶ】

Pitch on OJAD

More words

虻蜂あぶはち

Nounhorsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

虻蜂取らずあぶはちとらず

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee