あぶ
Meanings
Noun
1. ハエ(双翅目)、ハエ亜目(短角亜目)アブに属する昆虫の総称。また、その成虫。(春の季語)
Kanji used
horsefly
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
horse botfly
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)