zebub

English

Noun

zebub (plural zebubs)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of zimb.
    • 1858, James Gardner, The Faiths of the World, page 273:
      Bruce, the traveller in Abyssinia, tells us that whenever the zebub or zimb appears, as it always does in swarms, "all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about till they die worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger."
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