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botfly
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bot·fly also bot fly  (btfl)
n.
Any of various stout, two-winged flies, chiefly of the genera Gasterophilus and Oestrus, having larvae that are parasitic on various animals, especially horses and sheep, and sometimes on humans.
botfly [ˈbɒtˌflaɪ]
n pl -flies
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae, the larvae of which are parasites of man, sheep, and horses
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Noun1.botfly - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammalsbotfly - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
gadfly - any of various large flies that annoy livestock
Gasterophilus intestinalis, horse botfly - parasitic chiefly on horses
Dermatobia hominis, human botfly - large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep gadfly - larvae are parasitic on sheep
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botfly
n (Zool) → Pferdebremse f
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THE BOT FLY is a mildly disturbing yet fascinatingly captivating parasitic creature.
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My books say the bot fly lays larvae on the nose of the sheep or goat and the bots crawl up into the nasal cavity for three to eight weeks until they mature.
Goats are affected by nasal bot larvae by Bake, Gloria / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
The father-of-two had been infected by bot fly, which lays eggs beneath the skin and feeds on human cells.
Maggots in his bites by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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