💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bot fly"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| botflynoun | One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans. |
| blow flynoun | Alternative form of blowfly. [Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.] |
| bee flynoun | Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects. |
| gadflynoun | A person or thing that irritates or instigates. |
| bat flynoun | Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings. |
| flowerflynoun | Alternative spelling of flower-fly. [the hover-fly] |
| horse flynoun | Alternative spelling of horsefly. [Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).] |
| fruitflynoun | (deprecated in zoologic systematic nomenclature) Alternative spelling of fruit fly. [Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.] |
| robberflynoun | Alternative form of robber fly. [Any fly of the family Asilidae.] |
| bottleflynoun | A blowfly. |
| horse-flynoun | Alternative form of horsefly. [Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).] |
| fire-flynoun | Alternative spelling of firefly. [(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.] |
| warbleflynoun | Alternative spelling of warble fly. [Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.] |
| burrel flynoun | The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). |
| blind-flynoun | (uncountable) The game of blind man's buff |
| lacebugnoun | Alternative form of lace bug. [Any insect in the family Tingidae, named for the lace-like appearance of the wings and pronotum.] |
| flower flynoun | A hoverfly. |
| bat bugnoun | A bloodsucking insect parasite (of families Cimicidae and Polyctenidae) that feeds primarily on the blood of bats. |
| marchflynoun | Alternative form of March fly. [Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.] |
| dogflynoun | A bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans; stablefly. |
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