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Gadflies Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a persistently annoying person

• any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

42%10 Sometimes called gadflies
noun

• winged fly parasitic on horses

• large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

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