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HUMAN BOTFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does human botfly mean?
• HUMAN BOTFLY (noun)
The noun HUMAN BOTFLY has 1 sense:
1. large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
Familiarity information: HUMAN BOTFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dermatobia hominis; human botfly
Hypernyms ("human botfly" is a kind of...):
botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("human botfly" is a member of...):
Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia (larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans)
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