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A gadfly is a person who interferes with the status quo of a society or community by posing novel, potentially upsetting questions, usually directed at authorities. The term has a modern use but it was originally associated with the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, as portrayed in Plato's Apology when Socrates was on trial for his life.
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals , some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut.
Both horse flies and botflies (Oestridae) are sometimes referred to as gadflies. [4] Adult horse flies feed on nectar and plant exudates; males have weak mouthparts, but females have mouthparts strong enough to bite large animals. This is for the purpose of obtaining enough protein from blood to produce eggs. The mouthparts of females are ...
Gadfly (database), a relational database management system Gadfly (mythology), the insect as sent by Hera to torment Io in Greek mythology Gadfly, the NATO reporting name for a Russian 9K37 Buk surface-to-air missile system
Warble fly is a name given to the genus Hypoderma: large flies which are parasitic on cattle and deer.Other names include "heel flies", "bomb flies" and "gadflies", while their larvae are often called "cattle grubs" or "wolves."
The gadfly, a type of fly, known for plaguing cattle, appears in Greek mythology as a tormenter of Pegasus and Io, a human lover of Zeus.. In the story, Zeus lusted Io, who is eventually turned into a white heifer to hide her from his jealous wife, Hera.
Tithonus has been taken by the allegorist to mean ‘a grant of a stretching-out’ (from teinō and ōnė), a reference to the stretching-out of his life, at Eos’s plea; but it is likely, rather, to have been a masculine form of Eos’s own name, Titonë – from titō, ‘day [2] and onë, ‘queen’ – and to have meant ‘partner of the Queen of Day’.
Peter Gregory Boghossian (/ b ə ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə n /; born July 25, 1966) [1] is an American philosopher and college professor. Born in Boston, [1] he was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University for ten years, and his areas of academic focus include atheism, critical thinking, pedagogy, scientific skepticism, and the Socratic method.