BOTFLY
botfly
(noun) stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
botfly (plural botflies)
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
Synonyms
• oestrus
Source: Wiktionary
Bot"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A dipterous insect of the family (Estridæ, of many different
species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic
animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their
eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse
(Gastrophilus equi), the larvæ of which (bots) are taken into the
stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass
through their larval states. In tropical America one species
sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See
Gadfly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition