овод

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овод

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovadъ.

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Noun

о́вод (óvodm anim (genitive о́вода, nominative plural овода́ or о́воды, genitive plural оводо́в or о́водов)

  1. (zoology) gadfly, botfly (an insect of genus Oestrus)
    • 1891, Владимир Короленко, chapter I, in Тени (Фантазия); English translation from Thomas Seltzer, transl., The Shades, a Phantasy, 1907:
      «Я твой о́вод, я бо́льно жа́лю твою́ со́весть, что́бы ты не засну́л. Не спи, не спи, бо́дрствуй, ищи́ пра́вду, афи́нский наро́д!»
      «Ja tvoj óvod, ja bólʹno žálju tvojú sóvestʹ, štóby ty ne zasnúl. Ne spi, ne spi, bódrstvuj, iščí právdu, afínskij naród!»
      "I am your gladfly. My sting pricks your conscience and arouses you when you are caught napping. Sleep not, sleep not, people of Athens; awake and seek the truth!"
  2. Ovod (Soviet and Russian cruise missile)

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