HyperDic: warble_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression warble fly:
NOUNanimalwarble flyhairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle
English > warble fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninghairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle.
Member ofHypoderma, genus HypodermaIn some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae
BroadergadflyAny of various large flies that annoy livestock

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