warble fly

American  

noun

1. any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.

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warble fly British  

noun

1. any of various hairy beelike dipterous flies of the genus Hypoderma and related genera, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle: family Oestridae

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Etymology

Origin of warble fly

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

It has been stated on good evidence that a loss of �7,000,000 per annum was caused by the attack of the ox warble fly on cattle in England alone.

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On several subsequent August days, while numbers of Caribou were passing very close to me, I detected no more of the warble flies.

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The eggs of the warble flies hatch as a rule in about a week, the time varying with local conditions.

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At that season the larvae of the warble fly have not developed far enough to have injured the hide appreciably.

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Ox warbles are whitish or, when full grown, dark-colored grubs or maggots that develop from the eggs deposited on the hairs of cattle by certain flies known as warble flies.

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