zimb
English
editEtymology
editAmharic [script needed] (zemb), [script needed] (zimb).
Noun
editzimb (plural zimbs)
- (archaic) An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.
- 1840, Robert Montgomery Martin, Colonial magazine and commercial-maritime journal: Volume 3, page 155:
- The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians.
- 1854, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, A history of all nations, from the earliest periods to the present time, volume 2, page 608:
- 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.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- zimb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pangonius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pangonius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons