botflies

Variant of botfly

botfly definition

bot·fly (bät′flī′)

noun pl. botflies -·flies′

any of a number of dipterous flies (families Cuterebridae, Gasterophilidae, and Oestridae) resembling small bumblebees: the larvae are parasitic in people, horses, sheep, and other mammals

Etymology: see bot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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