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SHEEP GADFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep gadfly mean?
• SHEEP GADFLY (noun)
The noun SHEEP GADFLY has 1 sense:
1. larvae are parasitic on sheep
Familiarity information: SHEEP GADFLY 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 ("sheep gadfly" is a kind of...):
botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("sheep gadfly" is a member of...):
genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)
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