botfly

or bot fly

[ bot-flahy ]

/ ˈbɒtˌflaɪ /

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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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Origin of botfly

First recorded in 1810–20; bot² + fly¹

Words nearby botfly

botch, botched, botchy, bote, botel, botfly, both, Botha, Botham, Bothe, bother

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.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for botfly

botfly

/ (ˈbɒtˌflaɪ) /

noun plural -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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