Gadfly
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Gadfly can refer to:
- "Gadfly", a fly that annoys horses and other livestock, usually a horse-flyHorse-flyInsects in the order Diptera, family Tabanidae, are commonly called horse flies. Often considered pests for the bites that many inflict, they are among the world's largest true flies. They are known to be extremely noisy during flight. They are also important pollinators of flowers, especially in...
or a botflyBotflyA botfly is any fly in the family Oestridae, which includes all the members of the former families Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, and Hypodermatidae. It is the only family of flies whose larvae live as obligate parasites within the bodies of mammals, with the exception of a few screwworm flies in... - Social gadfly, a person who upsets the status quo
- Gadfly (database)Gadfly (database)Gadfly is a relational database management system written in Python. Gadfly is a collection of Python modules that provides relational database functionality entirely implemented in Python...
, a relational database in the Python programming language - The GadflyThe GadflyThe Gadfly is a novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich, published in 1897 , set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and uprisings. The story centers on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, as a member of the Youth movement, and his antagonist, Padre Montanelli...
, a novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich - The Gadfly SuiteThe Gadfly SuiteThe Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a, is a suite for orchestra arranged from the composition by Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1955 Soviet film The Gadfly, based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Lilian Voynich .The Suite known as Op...
, a musical suite by Dmitri Shostakovich for one of the films based on the novel The Gadfly - Gadfly (mythology)Gadfly (mythology)The gadfly, a type of fly plaguing cattle, typically ones belonging to either the family Tabanidae or the family Oestridae , appears in Greek mythology as a tormenter to Io, the heifer maiden. Zeus lusts after Io and eventually turns her into a white heifer to hide her from his jealous wife, Hera....
, sent by Hera to torment IoIo (mythology)Io was, in Greek mythology, a priestess of Hera in Argos, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer to escape detection. His wife Hera set ever-watchful Argus Panoptes to guard her, but Hermes was sent to distract the guardian and slay him... - The Education Gadfly, the weekly e-bulletin of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
- Gadfly petrelGadfly petrelThe gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. These medium to large petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface....
s, a group of petrels in the genera Bulweria and Pterodroma - Gadfly OnlineGadfly OnlineGadfly Magazine was a periodical that was created in February 1997 and launched as a full-size print publication in January 1998. At the Utne Reader's Eleventh Annual Alternative Press Awards, in 1999, it won for best Cultural Coverage....
, an online and print magazine, four ships of the Royal Navy - SA-11 "Gadfly", the NATO reporting name for a Russian surface-to-air missile system "9K37 Buk"
- The Gadfly (album)The Gadfly (album)The Gadfly is Los Angeles hip-hop group LPG's third album. It was released on UpRok Records, a label also home at the time to artists Mars ILL and Peace 586.----# Intro# Place Called Hip-Hop# Me and My Cousin# Old Emcees# Interlude# Record Keeps Spinning...
, an album by hip-hop group LPG