- botflies
- n. horsefly
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
botflies
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Botfly — Horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Cuterebra — A genus of botflies with large blue or black bumble bee like adults, whose larvae most commonly infest rodents and lagomorphs (hares and rabbits); the larvae develop into large spiny grubs, usually in the subcutaneous connective tissue of the… … Medical dictionary
Dermatobia — A genus of flies (family Oestridae) found in tropical America. [dermato + G. bios, way of living] D. cyaniventris SYN: D. hominis. D. hominis a large, blue, brown winged species whose larvae develop in open boillike lesions in the skin of humans … Medical dictionary
fleshflies — Members of the order Diptera, whose larvae (maggots) develop in putrefying or living tissues. Maggots of the latter group produce myiasis; these include screw worms (both primary and secondary invaders); wool maggots of sheep; botflies or skin… … Medical dictionary
Myiasis — Classification and external resources Cutaneous myiasis in the neck of a human ICD 10 B87 … Wikipedia
botfly — Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, whose larvae produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores. head botflies flesh flies of the… … Medical dictionary
Hypoderma — A genus of botflies whose larvae are the cause of a tropical form of myiasis linearis (cutaneous larva migrans) of man; occasionally they invade the interior of the eye. Two species, H. bovis and H. lineatum, are botflies of cattle. The ova of H … Medical dictionary
Oestrus — A genus of tissue invading flies that cause myiasis in sheep; the head botflies in the family Oestridae. O. ovis (a nose fly) is a grayish brown, robust, hairy, beelike botfly, imported from Europe, and now a serious pest in parts of the U.S.;… … Medical dictionary
Diptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae — Main article: Insecta in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class Insecta . Insects with simply two wings… … Wikipedia
Cuterebridae — Cu·te·reb·ri·dae .kyüt ə reb rə .dē n pl a family of chiefly New World botflies that occur under the skin or sometimes in the throat or nasal sinuses of various mammals and that include a botfly (Dermatobia hominis) that normally parasitizes… … Medical dictionary
