| 单词 | sheep nose fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep nose fly nose fly n. †(a) a fly that irritates the nostrils of horses (obsolete); (b) (more fully sheep nose fly) the sheep nostril fly or botfly, Oestrus ovis, which deposits its larvae in the nostrils of sheep and similar animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > parasite > that stings horses nose fly1775 1775 G. White Jrnl. 31 July (1970) viii. 108 Horses at plow so teized by flies as to be quite frantic... The people say it is the nose-fly that distracts them so. 1839 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (new ed.) Nose-fly, a very fine, delicately made fly, which gets into horses' noses, and stinging them, frequently causes them to run away. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvii. 433 The sheep nose fly, (Estrus ovis), deposits living larvae in the nostrils of sheep and occasionally of goats. 1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) xx. 975 ‘Grub-in-the-head’, ‘staggers’, sheep bot, or sheep nose fly. < as lemmas |
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