Look up: bot-fly

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   Bot fly
   Member of Gasterophilidae family of flies whose maggots are parasitic in the stomach of mammals, especially equids.
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   bot fly
   any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, in which the adults are beelike in appearance and hairy but without bristles. The larvae ...
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   Bot-Fly
   The Bot-Fly (Gastrophilus equi) is a family of flies (Oestridae) of which the larvae are parasitic in the bodies of hoofed animals.
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   botfly
   [n] - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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   Botfly
   Bot'fly` noun (Zoology) A dipterous insect of the family ( Estridæ , of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse ( Gastrophilus equi ), the larvæ of which ( bots ) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they ...
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   botfly
   <zoology> A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the a ...
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   botfly
   noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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   Botfly
   `Oestridae` (also called `botfly` or `bot fly`) is a family of Oestroidea. It is one of several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals, such as the Desert Woodrat. There are approximately 150 known species worldwide. Only one bot fly species attacks humans, the `Dermatobia hominis`. For many years the deer botfly was cited as the fastest flying insect in the `Guinness Book of World Records`, but the c...
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   botfly
   (bot´fli) an insect of the family Oestridae whose larvae (called bots) are parasitic, especially in horses and sheep. Genera include Oestrus, Gasterophilus, and Dermatobia.
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    Botfly
    • (n.) A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the anima...
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    botfly
    Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores.
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    botfly
    botfly, common name for several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals. The horse botfly secretes an irritating substance that is used to attach its eggs to the body hairs of a horse, mule, or donkey. When the animal licks off the irritant, the larvae are...
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