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Definition of Botflies
1. botfly [n] - See also: botfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botflies
Literary usage of Botflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon by Alice Blanche Balfour (1895)
"LETTER IX Palla—The Derby—Landscape—Mopani trees—Larvae of botflies—Muddy
water—Digging for water—Crossing the " Thirst land "—Waggons driven against ..."
2. Nature Study and Life by Clifton Fremont Hodge (1902)
"botflies. — A family of flies which do not belong properly with ... The botflies
are large brownish hairy flies, found buzzing about horses and cattle. ..."
3. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"The swellings under the skin occupied by human botflies, as remarked before, ...
Other botflies occasionally infest man and cause cutaneous myiasis. ..."
4. Farm Animals: Covering the General Field of Animal Industry by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, Charles William Burkett (1914)
"botflies. — Horses are often noticed biting their legs in summer when ...
The presence of botflies among sheep is easily told by the behavior of the sheep. ..."
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