HyperDic: human_botfly

English > 1 sense of the expression human botfly:
NOUNanimalhuman botfly, Dermatobia hominislarge tropical American fly
English > human botfly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals.
SynonymDermatobia hominis
Member ofDermatobia, genus Dermatobialarvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
Broaderbotflystout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals

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