HyperDic: sheep_gadfly

English > 1 sense of the expression sheep gadfly:
NOUNanimalsheep gadfly, sheep botfly, Oestrus ovislarvae are parasitic on sheep
English > sheep gadfly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarvae are parasitic on sheep.
Synonymssheep botfly, Oestrus ovis
Member ofOestrus, genus Oestrustype genus of the Oestridae
Broaderbotflystout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals

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