hypoderma

[hahy-puh-dur-muh]

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noun

Botany, Zoology.

hypodermis.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypoderma¹

First recorded in 1820–30; hypo- + -derma

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Example Sentences

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The warble fly Hypoderma lineata 508 7.

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In the United States there are two species of ox-warble flies, technically known as Hypoderma lineatum and Hypoderma bovis.

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In Hypoderma virgultorum, H. commune, and H. scirpinum, the spermogonia are small depressed black capsules, which contain an abundance of minute spermatia.

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OESTRIDAE.—The three common bot-flies are the Gastrophilus equi, Hypoderma lineata and OEstrus ovis.

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