botfly: Meaning and Definition of

bot•fly

Pronunciation: (bot'flī"), [key]
— pl. -flies.
  1. any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals.
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