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bot·fly also bot fly (b

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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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Noun

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

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botfly

n (Zool) → Pferdebremse f

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