A gadfly is a fly which typically annoys horses and other livestock. Thus a gadfly will usually be found around these animals. The term 'gadfly' is also used to refer to someone who likes to upset the social status quo and you can find those everywhere.
The Gadfly was created in 1897-06.
Gadfly - database - was created in 1994.
The hardcover copy of Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi's The Spider and the Fly is 40 pages long.
Hera caused Io in the form of a cow to flee from a gadfly.
The cast of The Gadfly - 2011 includes: Xander Berkeley
The Gadfly - 2011 was released on: USA: 13 August 2011
I was convinced my brother had been reading my diary so I sent a gadfly to torment him.
If someone calls you a gadfly then they probably don't like you because it means "a pest." ~guayas gal
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The cast of Gadfly - 2013 includes: Caleb Carlson as Julian John Glowacki as Felix Thallis Santesteban as Naomi
Plato described Socrates as the "gadfly" of the state because just like the gadfly stung horses into action, Socrates had "stung" various Athenians into unrest. In the end, he was sentenced to death for his controversial provocations.
Telephone Time - 1956 The Gadfly 3-4 was released on: USA: 1 October 1957