zimb
zimb noun: an Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.
Noun
zimb (plural zimbs)
- An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.
- The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians.1840, Robert Montgomery Martin, Colonial magazine and commercial-maritime journal: Volume 3, page 155
- The zimb-fly sometimes depopulates whole territories, causing man and beast to fly from the lowlands into the mountains or the desert. Both the scorpion and locust infest the country.1854, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, A history of all nations, from the earliest periods to the present time, volume 2, page 608
- Synonyms:
- zebub
Synonyms of zimb
Forms of zimb
| plural | zimbs |
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Origin of zimb
Borrowed from Amharic ዝምብ (zəmb), ዝንብ (zənb).
Questions about zimb
- What does zimb mean?
- Zimb means an Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.
- What part of speech is zimb?
- Zimb is a noun.
- What is the plural of zimb?
- The plural of zimb is zimbs.
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