tafano

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tafano

/taˈfano//

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dal latino popolare tafanus, e da quello classico tabanus

noun tafani

grosso insetto simile ad una mosca famiglia dei Tabanidi, particolarmente del Tabanus bovinus
figuratively persona fastidiosa e insopportabile Socrate si considerava il tafano degli ateniesi

In English

horsefly fly of the family Tabanidae

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@misc{tafano_2026,
  title = {tafano},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/tafano},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}