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单词 botfly
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botfly

or bot fly

[ bot-flahy ]
/ ˈbɒtˌflaɪ /

noun, plural bot·flies.

any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals.

Origin of botfly

First recorded in 1810–20; bot2 + fly2

Words nearby botfly

botargo, botch, botchy, bote, botel, botfly, both, Botha, Botham, Bothe, bother
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Example sentences from the Web for botfly

  • Bots, Botts, botz, n. the larv of the botfly found in the flesh and in the intestines of animals.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for botfly

botfly
/ (ˈbɒtˌflaɪ) /

noun plural -flies

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for botfly

botfly
[ bŏtflī′ ]

n.

A robust hairy fly of the order Diptera whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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