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dorfly en · NOUN

Etymology

Either from dor (referring to a large, buzzing insect) + fly or a variant of drone fly (horse-fly).

Meanings

1. A biting insect, such as a horse-fly or gad-fly, that attacks livestock.
   • This forest was most horribly fertile and copious in dorflies, hornets, and wasps, so that it was a purgatory for the poor mares, asses, and horses. 1849, Henry George Bohn, Bohn's Extra Volume: Volume 6, page 152:

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