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Definition of gadflies : of Gadfly

Synonyms:

dung beetles, centipedes, nits, butterflies, moths, scarabs, chiggers, fireflies, daddy longlegs, ticks, June bugs, stinkbugs, flies, gnats, tiger moths, scorpions, locusts, mosquitoes, fleas, blowflies, praying mantises, mites, bedbugs, deer flies, crickets, may flies, katydids, boll weevils, roaches, bookworms, millipedes, silverfishes, ants, midges, termites, ladybugs, fruit flies, tarantulas, grasshoppers, yellow jackets, horseflies, houseflies, mantises, aphids, dragonflies, cicadas, chinches, tsetse flies, cockroaches, wasps, bluebottles, black widows, earwigs, spiders, bees, lice

Usage examples:

• They are never more quiet than gadflies. - "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell.