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OESTRUS OVIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larvae are parasitic on sheep
Synonyms:
Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Oestrus ovis" is a kind of...):
botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("Oestrus ovis" is a member of...):
genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)
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