botfly
or bot fly
[ bot-flahy ]
noun,plural bot·flies.
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.
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How to use botfly in a sentence
Bots, Botts, botz, n. the larv of the botfly found in the flesh and in the intestines of animals.
British Dictionary definitions for botfly
botfly
/ (ˈbɒtˌflaɪ) /
nounplural -flies
any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae, the larvae of which are parasites of man, sheep, and horses
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