gadfly

n.

1. A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
2. One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.
3. Any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.

[GAD² + FLY².]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a persistently annoying person
  Synonyms: pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer

Meaning #2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bremse

Nederlands (Dutch)
steekvlieg, zeurpiet

Français (French)
n. - taon, (fig) casse-pieds

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stechfliege, Bremse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εντομ.) οίστρος, αλογόμυγα, τσιμπούρι

Italiano (Italian)
tafano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mutuca (f) (Zool.), pessoa (f) irritante ou enfadonha

Русский (Russian)
овод, навязчивый человек

Español (Spanish)
n. - tábano, persona criticona o pedigüeña

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - broms (zool.), styng, retsticka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
形似苍蝇, 讨厌的人, 牛蝇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 形似蒼蠅, 討厭的人, 牛蠅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 귀찮게 구는 사람, 등에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アブ, 小うるさい人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص مزعج, ذبابه الخيل والماشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זבוב הבקר, מנדנד בביקורתו, מחפש פגמים‬

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