zimbhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zimb_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezimb, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zimbnoun

  1. 1790–
    A dipterous insect of Ethiopia, allied to and resembling the tsetse, and very destructive to cattle.
    1. 1790
      Large swarms of flies appeared wherever that loomy earth was... This insect is called Zimb... It is in size very little larger than a bee.
      J. Bruce, Travels Source of Nile vol. I. 388
    2. a1827
      He spake, and the zimb-fly came.
      Good, Ps. cv. 31 (1854) 415

zimb, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zimb, n. was last modified in December 2024.