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bot 1 also bott  (bt)
n.
1. The parasitic larva of a botfly.
2. bots (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae.

[Middle English, probably of Low German origin.]

bot 2  (bt)
n.
A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as by querying search engines or participating in chatroom or IRC discussions.

[Short for robot.]

bot  (bt)
A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as by querying search engines or participating in chatroom discussions.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.botbot - botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose


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Michael's, Tal- bot county, Maryland, when I left there; and if he is still alive, he very probably lives there now; and if so, he is now, as he was then, as highly esteemed and as much respected as though his guilty soul had not been stained with his brother's blood.
Elizabeth was awakened from the trance created by this scene, and by gazing in that unusual manner at the bot tom of the lake, be the hoarse sounds of Benjamin’s voice, and the dashing of oars, as the heavier boat of the seine-drawers approached the spot where the canoe lay, dragging after it the folds of the net.
B-o-t, bot, t-i-n, tin, bottin, n-e-y, ney, bottinney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants.
 
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