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OESTRUS OVIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oestrus ovis mean?
• OESTRUS OVIS (noun)
The noun OESTRUS OVIS has 1 sense:
1. larvae are parasitic on sheep
Familiarity information: OESTRUS OVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larvae are parasitic on sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly
Hypernyms ("Oestrus ovis" is a kind of...):
botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("Oestrus ovis" is a member of...):
genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)
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