botflyn.
/ˈbɒtflʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈbɑtˌflaɪ/ Any of the typically large and hairy dipteran flies that have larvae known as bots (see bot n.1 1). Frequently with distinguishing word, typically indicating the species parasitized by the larvae or the part of the body where the larvae are typically found.These flies belong to several genera now included in the family Oestridae, including Gasterophilus, Oestrus, Cuterebra, and Dermatobia. Some of them are now more commonly known as warble flies.horse botfly, ox botfly, sheep botfly: see the first element.
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?a1775 W. Bartram Trav. Georgia & Florida in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1943) 33 168/2 They are called guard flys because..they constantly swarm about cattle & horses & catch the Bot & stinging flys.
1785 T. Watson His Instr. Managem. Horses & Dogs 3 For by that time they [sc. horses] shall have gotten a quantity of the eggs from the bott fly into their stomachs.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. V. (at cited word) Œ. ovis, the sheep bot-fly..Œ. tarandi, the reindeer bot-fly.
1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 291 The noise made the animals dread the bot-fly or ‘cleg’.
1920 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 13 183 The human bot fly, Dermatobia cyaniventris is said to lay eggs on the bodies [sic] of a mosquito which serves as the porter for transference to a warm-blooded host.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo xvi. 334 A mob is like a mass of bullocks driven to frenzy by some bott-fly.
1968 Times 17 Oct. 18/5 Botflies infest a large variety of animals, each species of fly tending to specialize on a particular animal.
2005 Holiday Which? Spring 78/3 The NTS Countryside Centre and Deer Museum tells more than is good for you about bot fly and warble grub.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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