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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.

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botfly - 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