あぶ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. horsefly; gadfly
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)