Search Terms: *虻*
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noun
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Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカウシアブ
noun
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horsefly, gadfly(usually kana)
Other readings:
あぶ《蝱》[1]
、あむ《虻》[2]
、あむ《蝱》[1][2]
、アブ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression
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attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither, falling between two stools, catching neither the horsefly nor the bee(idiom )
Other readings:
あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらず】
、アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらず】
、虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらず】
noun
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Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ウシアブ
noun
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bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
つりあぶ《釣虻》
、つりあぶ《長吻虻》
、ツリアブ
noun
1.
hoverfly (any fly of family Syrphidae), syrphid(usually kana)
2.
drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
Other readings:
ハナアブ
noun
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soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ミズアブ
noun
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robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
むしひきあぶ《虫曳虻》
、むしひきあぶ《食虫虻》
、ムシヒキアブ