| 释义 |
‖ zimb|zɪmb|
[Amharic.]
A dipterous insect of Abyssinia, allied to and resembling the tsetse, and very destructive to cattle.
1790J. Bruce Trav. I. 388 Large swarms of flies appeared wherever that loomy earth was... This insect is called Zimb... It is in size very little larger than a bee. a1827Good Ps. cv. 31 (1854) 415 He spake, and the zimb-fly came. |