GENUS OESTRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oestrus mean? 

• GENUS OESTRUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS OESTRUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

  Familiarity information: GENUS OESTRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OESTRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Oestrus; Oestrus

Hypernyms ("genus Oestrus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Oestrus"):

Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly (larvae are parasitic on sheep)

Holonyms ("genus Oestrus" is a member of...):

family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae (warble flies)