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heel fly
heel flyn. See warble fly.
[So called because it lays its eggs on the legs of cattle and other mammals.]cat′tle grub`
n. the larva or adult of a warble fly, esp. Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America. [1925–30] EncyclopediaSeewarble flyheel fly
bot·fly (bot'flī), Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, the larvae of which produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores.heel flyn. See warble fly. |