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botfly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gadfly |
| Has types | gasterophilus intestinalis, horse botfly, human botfly, oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, dermatobia hominis, sheep gadfly |
Examples of botfly
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There are about as many ways to get rid of botfly larvae as people you talk to.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Her feet were lacerated and bleeding, her face infested with botfly maggots.
From the economist.com
It was a botfly, and it actually was a stowaway who entered me and the country uninvited.
From the dailyherald.com
The larvae of the tropical botfly, I had read, with morbid fascination, feeds on human flesh.
From the post-gazette.com
Leishmaniasis, like the botfly, is not fatal but quite painful.
From the dailyherald.com
Gravid botfly females apparently catch mosquitos on the wing and then lay their eggs on the mosquito's body.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
A cuterebra fly, also known as a botfly, uses small mammals such as dogs, cats, rabbits and squirrels to complete its life cycle.
From the stltoday.com
- Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
- A botfly is a fly in the family Oestridae. It is one of several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals. There are approximately 150 known species worldwide.
- One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals on which they deposit their eggs
