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HUMAN BOTFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
Synonyms:
Dermatobia hominis; human botfly
Classified under:
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)