あぶ

Also written アブ, 虻, あむ, 蝱

Meanings

1. Noun horsefly; gadfly

Example sentences

• 見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。
  More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.

Words containing あぶ

• めくらあぶ deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
• むしひきあぶ robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
• うしあぶ Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)

And 1 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists