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HUMAN BOTFLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammalsplay

Synonyms:

Dermatobia hominis; human botfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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