botfly

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.
- head botflies flesh flies of the dipterous families Oestridae and Cuterebridae; robust, hairy, black, yellow, or gray flies that, while flying, deposit newly hatched larvae or, in some cases, eggs, on or near the nostrils of sheep, goats, deer, horses, camels, and, rarely, humans.
- human b. SYN: Dermatobia hominis.
- skin botflies SYN: Dermatobia hominis. SEE ALSO: Cuterebra.
- warble b. SYN: Dermatobia hominis. SEE ALSO: Hypoderma.

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bot·fly 'bät-.flī n, pl -flies any of various stout dipteran flies of the family Oestridae that have larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans

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bot·fly (botґfli) an insect of the family Oestridae whose larvae (called bots) are parasitic, especially in horses and sheep. Genera include Cuterebra, Dermatobia, Gasterophilus, and Oestrus.

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  • botfly — /bot fluy /, n., pl. botflies. 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. Also, bot fly. [1810 20; BOT + FLY2] * * * Any… …   Universalium

  • botfly — noun Date: 1819 any of various stout dipteran flies (family Oestridae) with larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • botfly — noun One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals on which they deposit their eggs …   Wiktionary

  • botfly — n. horsefly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • botfly — [ bɒtflʌɪ] noun (plural botflies) a stout hairy bodied fly whose larvae are internal parasites of horses and other mammals. [Gasterophilus and other genera.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • botfly — bot·fly …   English syllables

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