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GENUS DERMATOBIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dermatobia mean?
• GENUS DERMATOBIA (noun)
The noun GENUS DERMATOBIA has 1 sense:
1. larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
Familiarity information: GENUS DERMATOBIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia
Hypernyms ("genus Dermatobia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dermatobia"):
Dermatobia hominis; human botfly (large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Dermatobia" is a member of...):
Cuterebridae; family Cuterebridae (New World botflies)
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