warble fly

See also: warblefly

English

Alternative forms

• warblefly

Etymology

From warble (“a lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma”)

Noun

warble fly (plural warble flies)

1. Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.

Synonyms

• heel fly, bomb fly, gadfly; cattle grub, wolf (larvae)

Derived terms

• ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
• cattle warble fly (Hypoderma lineatum
• reindeer warble fly (Hypoderma tarandi)

Translations

parasitic fly of the genus Hypoderma

• Ingrian: permu

References

• “warble fly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• warble fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hypoderma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hypoderma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons