botfly

botfly or bot fly [bot-flahy] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural bot·flies.

1. any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals.

Origin of botfly First recorded in 1810–20; bot2 + fly2 Examples from the Web for botfly Historical Examples of botfly

Bots, Botts, botz, n. the larv of the botfly found in the flesh and in the intestines of animals.

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)

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British Dictionary definitions for botfly botfly noun plural -flies

1. any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae, the larvae of which are parasites of man, sheep, and horses

botfly in Medicine botfly [bŏt′flī′] n.

1. A robust hairy fly of the order Diptera whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals.