Zimb

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock. archaic

    "The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians."

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"The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians."

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ዝምብ (zəmb), ዝንብ (zənb).

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