Definition of Oestrus ovis

1. Noun. Larvae are parasitic on sheep.

Exact synonyms: Sheep Botfly, Sheep Gadfly
Generic synonyms: Botfly
Group relationships: Genus Oestrus, Oestrus

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestrus Ovis

oestrogen antagonist
oestrogen receptor
oestrogen replacement therapy
oestrone
oestrone
oestrones
oestrosis
oestrous
oestrual
oestruation
oestrum
oestrums
oestrus
Oestrus
oestruses
Oestrus ovis (current term)
oeuvre
oeuvres
of
ofactory impairment
ofay
ofays
OFD syndrome
off
off
off(p)
off-and-on(a)
off-axis reflector
off-base
off-Broadway

Literary usage of Oestrus ovis

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1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"Oestrus ovis, Linn. In Worcestershire this fly has proved very troublesome, a correspondent at Aston Fields and another at Bromsgrove having suffered ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"0.</>. d. Clinic, 1903, No. 128). So far as is known, the eggs are deposited in the nasal cavity. [Oestrus ovis frequently occurs in man. MM. ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"The history of Oestrus ovis, which attacks the sheep, ... It attacks the Red deer, and its life-history is similar to that of Oestrus ovis, though the ..."

4. Sanitary entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"This form is also responsible for cases of myiasis in the eyes of man, the attack apparently being similar to that of Oestrus ovis. Horses are infested by ..."

5. The young farmer's manual: Showing the Practice and Principles of by James Main (1839)
"Black-jack caterpillar, Athalia centifolia. Breeze or gadfly, Oestrus ovis. Grey gadfly, Oestrus ovis. Crow, Corvus corona. ..."

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