botfly
Noun
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Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals (synset 102195815)
is a type of: gadfly - any of various large flies that annoy livestocksubtypes:
- gasterophilus intestinalis, horse botfly - parasitic chiefly on horses
- dermatobia hominis, human botfly - large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
- oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep gadfly - larvae are parasitic on sheep
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