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】
12 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)
虻蜂あぶはち
Nounhorsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
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)
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