botfly

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English

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Cephenemyia stimulator, the deer botfly

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Etymology

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From bot +‎ fly.

Noun

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botfly (plural botflies)

  1. One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

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