"botfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: botflies [plural]
Etymology: bot + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bot|fly}} bot + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} botfly (plural botflies)
  1. One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans. Wikipedia link: botfly Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies, Parasites Synonyms: oestrus, bot fly, bot-fly Derived forms: horse bot fly Translations (insect): οἶστρος (oîstros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ডাঁহ (dãh) (Assamese), gigovun (Azerbaijani), mozalan (Azerbaijani), күгәүен (kügəwen) (Bashkir), 狂蠅 (Chinese Mandarin), 狂蝇 (kuángying) (Chinese Mandarin), 膚蠅 (Chinese Mandarin), 肤蝇 (fūying) (english: oestrids in general) (Chinese Mandarin), střeček [masculine] (Czech), bremse [common-gender] (Danish), brems [common-gender] (Danish), hestebremse [common-gender] (Danish), horzel [common-gender] (Dutch), kiiliäinen (Finnish), saivartaja (Finnish), œstre [masculine] (French), მაწუხელა (mac̣uxela) (Georgian), ბორა (bora) (Georgian), Dasselfliege [feminine] (German), Biesfliege [feminine] (German), bagócslégy (Hungarian), boiteog (Irish), ヒツジバエ (hitsujibae) (english: oestrids in general) (Japanese), sokorio (Nandi), łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná (Navajo), bourdon à j'va [masculine] (Norman), brems [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hestebrems [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brems [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), giez (Polish), mosca-varejeira [feminine] (Portuguese), streche [feminine] (Romanian), о́вод (óvod) [masculine] (Russian), обад [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), obad [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кӧгӧн (kögön) (Southern Altai), éstrido [masculine] (Spanish), styngfluga (Swedish), лузь (luź) (Udmurt), о́від (óvid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), robin y gyrrwr (Welsh), crehyryn (Welsh)

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      "roman": "luź",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "лузь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "óvid",
      "sense": "insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́від"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "robin y gyrrwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insect",
      "word": "crehyryn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "botfly"
}

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