Look up: bot-fly

1. Bot fly
   Member of Gasterophilidae family of flies whose maggots are parasitic in the stomach of mammals, especially equids.
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2. 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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3. Bot fly
   A fly that looks like a bee and lays eggs in a horse's hair Flying parasite which deposits tiny white eggs on the horses legs and belly If ingested, the larvae migrate through the tongue and/or esophagus and attach themselves to the stomach wall
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4. 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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5. botfly
   Type: Term Pronunciation: bot′flī Definitions: 1. 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.
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6. botfly
   [n] - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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7. 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...
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8. 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 o...
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9. botfly
   noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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10. 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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11. 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 wh...
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12. 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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13. botfly
    Any fly of the family Oestridae. The larvae are parasites that feed on the skin (warblefly of cattle) or in the nasal cavity (nostrilflies of sheep and deer). The horse botfly belongs to another family, the Gasterophilidae. It has a parasitic larva that feeds in the horse's stomach
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14. Botfly
    A `botfly` is any fly in the family `Oestridae`, which includes all the members of the former families `Cuterebridae`, `Gasterophilidae`, and `Hypodermatidae`. It is the only family of flies whose larvae live as obligate parasites within the bodies of mammals, with the exception of a few screwworm f...
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