"torsalo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: torsalos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tórsalo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|tórsalo}} Spanish tórsalo Head templates: {{en-noun}} torsalo (plural torsalos)
  1. A parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector. Wikipedia link: torsalo Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies, Parasites Synonyms: American warble fly, human botfly, ox-bot, ox botfly, ox warbler Translations (Dermatobia hominis): tórsalo [masculine] (Spanish)

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