Meaning of dundurs | Babel Free

Definitions

horsefly, gadfly (medium to large flies (family: Tabanidae, especially Tabanus spp.) that suck the blood of mammals)

declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“dunduru laiks”

horsefly time, weather

“atgaiņāt dundurus”

to repel, drive away horseflies

“rūc kā dundurs”

(s/he) growls like a horsefly (i.e., sings very badly)

“dunduri ēda nost zirgus un uzbruka arī cilvēkiem, kur vien varēdami piekļūt un pasūkt asinis”

horseflies ate away the horses and attacked also people, wherever they could go and suck blood

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