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】
10 results for *虻
More words
花虻はなあぶ
Nounhoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid · drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
盲虻めくらあぶ
Noundeerfly (Chrysops suavis)
馬虻うまあぶ
Nounhorse botfly
吊虻つりあぶ
Nounbee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
牛虻うしあぶ
NounTabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
水虻みずあぶ
Nounsoldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)
虫引虻むしひきあぶ
Nounrobber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
赤牛虻あかうしあぶ
NounTabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
塩屋虻シオヤアブ
Nounrobber fly (Promachus yesonicus)