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Meaning of Zimb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.

archaic

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Examples

“The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians.”
“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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