bots

[ bots ]

noun(used with a plural verb)Veterinary Pathology.

a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.

Origin of bots

First recorded in 1780–90; plural of bot²; see -s³

Words Nearby bots

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How to use bots in a sentence

You will be able to manually add more people from your organization by clicking the Add people & bots button at the top of the chat window.
You can now chat with your guests directly on Google Calendar. Here’s how. | Sandra Gutierrez G. | October 14, 2021 | Popular-Science
One of Orson Pratt's horses is very sick, supposed to be the bots.
William Clayton's Journal | William Clayton
The committee also say that mules are not subject to such ailments as horses--spavin, glanders, ringbone, and bots.
The Mule | Harvey Riley
Cows do die of bots sometimes hereabouts, after trespassing; but then you know they also die of a surfeit of wet clover.
The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) | Michael Scott
The most important of these are bots and other larv or maggots of various flies (Diptera).
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold

Mr Charles Danford presented me with several bots from an ibex.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold

British Dictionary definitions for bots

bots

/ (bɒts) /

noun

(functioning as singular) a digestive disease of horses and some other animals caused by the presence of botfly larvae in the stomach

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