MEANING
A fly of a group whose larvae develop parasitically in mammals.
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- a botfly larva
- botfly infestation
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The botfly larva was removed for identification.
The field report described a botfly infestation in the animals examined.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular botfly; plural botflies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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