botfly

  • 21human botfly — n a large fly of the genus Dermatobia (D. hominis) that has brown wings and a bluish body, is widely distributed in tropical America, and undergoes its larval development subcutaneously in some mammals including humans …

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  • 22sheep botfly — shēp n a dipteran fly of the genus Oestrus (O. ovis) whose larvae parasitize sheep and lodge esp. in the nasal passages, frontal sinuses, and throat …

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  • 23human botfly — noun large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals • Syn: ↑Dermatobia hominis • Hypernyms: ↑botfly • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermatobia, ↑genus Dermatobia * * * noun …

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  • 24throat botfly — noun : a rusty reddish hairy botfly (Gasterophilus nasalis) that lays its eggs on the hairs about the mouth of the horse whence the larvae on hatching migrate and attach themselves to the walls of the stomach and intestine called also chin fly …

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  • 25ox botfly — noun see ox bot …

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  • 26bot fly — botfly …

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  • 27Estridae — 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… …

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  • 28Gastrophilus equi — 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… …

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  • 29Cephenemyia ulrichii — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: In …

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  • 30Dermatobia hominis — Adult female human botfly Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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