dorfly

English

Etymology

Either from dor (referring to a large, buzzing insect) + fly or a variant of drone fly (horse-fly).

Noun

dorfly (plural dorflies)

1. A biting insect, such as a horse-fly or gad-fly, that attacks livestock.
   • 1849, Henry George Bohn, Bohn's Extra Volume: Volume 6‎, page 152:

     This forest was most horribly fertile and copious in dorflies, hornets, and wasps, so that it was a purgatory for the poor mares, asses, and horses.

References

• "dor-fly, n." in Oxford English Dictionary (online edition).