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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock..
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.
Use zimb when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Zimb means (archaic) An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock..
Common synonyms include zebub.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians.
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