זְבוּב, fly. Sabb. 121ᵇ ז׳ שבארץ מצרים the Egyptian fly (whose sting is dangerous). Tosef. Sot. V, 9; Gitt. 90ᵃ. Pesik. Zakhor, p. 26ᵇ לז׳ שהוא וכ׳ (Amalek resembles) the fly which is greedy for a sore; a. fr.—Pl. זְבוּבִים, זְבוּבִין. Y. Sabb. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 4. Keth. 77ᵇ ז׳ של בעלי וכ׳ (not זבובי) flies which sucked from those afflicted with gonorrhœa (carrying contagion); a. fr.