botfly

See also: bot fly

English

Alternative forms

• bot fly
• bot-fly

Etymology

bot +‎ fly

Noun

botfly (plural botflies)

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

Synonyms

• oestrus

Translations

insect

• Bashkir: күгәүен (kügəwen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬蠅／马蝇 (zh), 马蝇 (zh) (mǎying)

• Danish: bremse (da) c, brems c, hestebremse c
• Dutch: horzel (nl) c
• Finnish: kiiliäinen, saivartaja (fi)
• French: œstre (fr) m
• Georgian: მაწუხელა (mac̣uxela), ბორა (bora)
• German: Dasselfliege f, Biesfliege f
• Hungarian: bagócslégy
• Irish: boiteog
• Japanese: ウマバエ (umabae), 馬蠅 (うまばえ, umabae), 馬蝿 (うまばえ, umabae), ヒツジバエ (hitsujibae)
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
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• Norman: bourdon à j'va m
• Norwegian: brems m
• Polish: gzowate, gzy
• Portuguese: mosca-varejeira f
• Romanian: streche (ro) f
• Russian: о́вод (ru) m (óvod)
• Serbo-Croatian: обад m, obad (sh) m
• Spanish: éstrido m
• Swedish: styngfluga (sv)
• Udmurt: лузь (luź)
• Ukrainian: о́від m (óvid)
• Welsh: robin y gyrrwr, crehyryn

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} ذبابَة الخيل f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 牛虻 (zh) (niúméng), ^{(please verify)} 虻 (zh) (méng)

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• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} dundurs m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estro (es) m