[
US
/ˈbɑtˌfɫaɪ/
]
[ UK /bˈɒtflaɪ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɒtflaɪ/ ]
NOUN
- stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
How To Use botfly In A Sentence
- Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly, is distributed widely throughout Central and South America.
- This, apparently, is the botfly larvae moving around and snacking on my flesh.
- In the jar before us, a swatch of horse stomach lay at the bottom, studded with botfly larvae, a cluster of stony little hives. Parasite Rex
- I have found that the botfly will not lay its eggs in the oil.
- Many species of dipterous insects - fruit fly, face fly, botfly, horn fly, and housefly, for example - are targets for neem products. 5 Effects on Insects
- My favorite question to ask an IDC is whether or not Yahweh created such pleasant and wonderful creatures as the botfly or the candiru in their current form. More on Signature in the Cell - The Panda's Thumb
- Other than biting and acting as vectors of disease, flies may affect humans by causing myiasis, infestation of the skin or a body orifice with fly larvae of Diptera species, which include the human botfly.
- My favorite question to ask an IDC is whether or not Yahweh created such pleasant and wonderful creatures as the botfly or the candiru in their current form. More on Signature in the Cell - The Panda's Thumb
- He is several hundred miles away, ambassadoring to a backwoods strip of nothing which as far as I am concerned deserves no more of Shakallor's attention than a botfly.
- The botfly is found in the forests of Mexico, Central America, and South America.