bot fly
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bot|fly — «BOT FLY», noun, plural flies. a two winged fly whose larvae are parasites of horses, cattle, sheep, and sometimes man. ╂[< bot + fly2] … Useful english dictionary
bot fly — ▪ insect 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 are parasitic on mammals. Horse bot flies (subfamily Gasterophilinae) include species … Universalium
Human bot fly — Taxobox image caption = Adult female human bot fly name = Human Bot Fly regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo … Wikipedia
fly — bot·fly; fly; fly·abil·i·ty; fly·able; fly·boat; fly·ing·ly; fly·less; fly·man; fly·ness; fly·ti·er; med·fly; re·fly; ruf·fly; snif·fly; snuf·fly; but·ter·fly·er; but·ter·fly; fly·less·ness; … English syllables
bot — ab·bot; ab·bot·ship; BOT; bot·a·nist; bot·a·nize; bot·fly; bot·o·née; bot·ry·o·gen; bot·ry·oid; bot·ry·oi·dal; bot·ry·o·my·co·ma; bot·ry·o·my·co·sis; bot·ry·op·ter·i·da·ce·ae; bot·ry·ose; bot·swa·na; bot·te·ga; bot·tery; bot·tine; bot·tle… … English syllables
bot — n. (also bott) any of various parasitic larvae of flies of the family Oestridae, infesting horses, sheep, etc. Phrases and idioms: bot fly (pl. flies) any dipterous fly of the genus Oestrus, with stout hairy bodies. Etymology: prob. of LG orig … Useful english dictionary
bot — 1. noun /bɒt/ a) The larva of a bot fly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. b) A physical robot. 2. verb /bɒt/ a) To … Wiktionary
bot — vb, n a. Australian (to behave as) an irritant or cadger. A shortening of bot fly (a native parasite) or botulism . b. British a shortened form of bottom , arse … Contemporary slang
bot(t) — n. parasitical maggot of bot fly; pl. disease of horses caused by this … Dictionary of difficult words
Fly — Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
