tabanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tăbānus, i, m.,

a gad-fly , horse-fly , oxfly , breese; called also asilus, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 14; Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 100; 11, 33, 38, § 113; 30, 11, 30, § 101.