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human botfly — n a large fly of the genus Dermatobia (D. hominis) that has brown wings and a bluish body, is widely distributed in tropical America, and undergoes its larval development subcutaneously in some mammals including humans … Medical dictionary
Botfly — Horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
botfly — noun stout bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals • Hypernyms: ↑gadfly • Hyponyms: ↑horse botfly, ↑Gasterophilus intestinalis, ↑human botfly, ↑Dermatobia hominis, ↑sheep botfly, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
botfly — /bot fluy /, n., pl. botflies. 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. Also, bot fly. [1810 20; BOT + FLY2] * * * Any… … Universalium
Botfly — Bot fly , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A dipterous insect of the family ({Estrid[ae]}, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Human bot fly — Taxobox image caption = Adult female human bot fly name = Human Bot Fly regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo … Wikipedia
botfly — Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores. head botflies flesh flies of the… … Medical dictionary
Deer botfly — (Cephenemya stimulator) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
List of human parasitic diseases — This is a list of topics related to human parasitic diseases. See also the categories shown below.Diseases*Amoebiasis *Ascariasis *Babesiosis *Chagas disease *Clonorchiasis *Cryptosporidiosis *Diphyllobothriasis *Dracunculiasis caused by the… … Wikipedia
Dermatobia hominis — Adult female human botfly Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
