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Botfly — Horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Botfly — Bot fly , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A dipterous insect of the family ({Estrid[ae]}, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
botfly — [bät′flī΄] n. pl. botflies [see BOT1] any of a number of dipterous flies (families Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, and Oestridae) resembling small bumblebees: the larvae are parasitic in people, horses, sheep, and other mammals … English World dictionary
botfly — noun stout bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals • Hypernyms: ↑gadfly • Hyponyms: ↑horse botfly, ↑Gasterophilus intestinalis, ↑human botfly, ↑Dermatobia hominis, ↑sheep botfly, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
botfly — /bot fluy /, n., pl. botflies. any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals. Also, bot fly. [1810 20; BOT + FLY2] * * * Any… … Universalium
botfly — noun Date: 1819 any of various stout dipteran flies (family Oestridae) with larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans … New Collegiate Dictionary
botfly — Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores. head botflies flesh flies of the… … Medical dictionary
botfly — n. horsefly … English contemporary dictionary
botfly — [ bɒtflʌɪ] noun (plural botflies) a stout hairy bodied fly whose larvae are internal parasites of horses and other mammals. [Gasterophilus and other genera.] … English new terms dictionary
botfly — bot·fly … English syllables
