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African fly
Answer for the clue "African fly ", 4 letters:
zimb
Word definitions for zimb in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zimb \Zimb\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus (taxlink Pangonia genus noshow=1), destructive to livestock.
Usage examples of zimb.
Balli, in placing the first astronomers at Selingenakoy, near the Bailkal paid no attention to this twofold circumstance: it equally argues against their being placed at Axoum on account of the rains, and the Zimb fly of which Mr.