Word: gadfly
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gad
fly
Definition: A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood.
Morphemes:
Affix: gad
Language: en
Meaning: spike
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gadden
Language: enm
Decoded: gadden
Meaning: to hurry, to rush about
Affix: fly
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).