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warble fly
noun
- any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
warble fly
noun
- any of various hairy beelike dipterous flies of the genus Hypoderma and related genera, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle: family Oestridae
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of warble fly1
Example Sentences
It has been stated on good evidence that a loss of �7,000,000 per annum was caused by the attack of the ox warble fly on cattle in England alone.
On several subsequent August days, while numbers of Caribou were passing very close to me, IÂ detected no more of the warble flies.
The eggs of the warble flies hatch as a rule in about a week, the time varying with local conditions.
At that season the larvae of the warble fly have not developed far enough to have injured the hide appreciably.
Ox warbles are whitish or, when full grown, dark-colored grubs or maggots that develop from the eggs deposited on the hairs of cattle by certain flies known as warble flies.
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