Meaning Of The Word Botfly

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botfly in American English
any of a number of dipterous flies (families Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, and Oestridae) resembling small bumblebees: the larvae are parasitic in people, horses, sheep, and other mammals
noun: 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

botfly in British English
noun: any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae, the larvae of which are parasites of humans, sheep, and horses

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