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botfly

or bot fly

[ bot-flahy ]

noun

plural botflies.
  1. any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals.


botfly

/ ˈɒˌڱɪ /

noun

  1. any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae , the larvae of which are parasites of man, sheep, and horses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of botfly1

First recorded in 1810–20; bot 2 + fly 1
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More recently, Jost recalls a trip to Nicaragua that left him with botfly eggs embedded in his legs.

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“And this,” spoke a voice from within the gloom, “is a horse’s stomach that’s been infected with botflies!”

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According to the report’s authors, the case, referred to as myiasis, was unusual for botfly infestation in humans because of the occurrence of two larvae as opposed to the typical one larva.

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The animal equivalent would be something like a botfly larva that produced a large, protruding tumor on your body in which it ate, slept, and used the toilet.

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And I was surprised by my reaction: the technology that produced it is amazing, and I’m the person who tries to one-up my editor with disgusting pictures of botflies in Slack.

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