botfly

/ˈbɑtˌflaɪ/
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Other forms: botflies

Definitions of botfly
  1. noun
    stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    gadfly
    any of various large flies that annoy livestock
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