botfly
(noun) stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
botfly (plural botflies)
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
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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
8 May 2025
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