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Botfly

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bot flynoun	Alternative form of botfly. [One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.]
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.
blowflynoun	Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
horsewormnoun	(archaic) The larva of a botfly.
deer flynoun	A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.
bat flynoun	Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.
blind-flynoun	(uncountable) The game of blind man's buff
flyblownoun	An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.
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.]
burrel flynoun	The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis).
horse bot flynoun	Any of a group of flies, Gasterophilinae, that are parasitic to equines.
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).]
wolf wormnoun	(US) botfly larva
gadflynoun	A person or thing that irritates or instigates.
horseflynoun	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).
forest flynoun	A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
fruit flynoun	Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
phlebotominenoun	Any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae
louse flynoun	A ked (parasitic fly of the family Hippoboscidae).
moth flynoun	A fly of the subfamily Psychodinae of the nematoceran family Psychodidae.