Definition of Oestridae

1. Noun. Warble flies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestridae

Oenothera
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera fruticosa
Oenothera macrocarpa
Oesophagostomum apiostomum
Oesophagostomum brevicaudum
Oesophagostomum brumpti
Oesophagostomum columbianum
Oesophagostomum dentatum
Oesophagostomum georgianum
Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum
Oesophagostomum radiatum
Oesophagostomum stephanostomum
Oesophagostomum venulosum
Oesterreich
Oestridae (current term)
Oestrus ovis
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Literary usage of Oestridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Oestridae (Bot-flies).—Rather large or very large flies, with extremely short antennae, bearing a segmented arista, the front of the head prominent, ..."

2. The Journal of Economic Biology by Walter Edward Collinge, A. H. Reginald Buller, George Herbert Carpenter, Robert Newstead, Arthur Everett Shipley (1906)
"The family of the Oestridae, to which they belong, ... Although much has been written relating to the Oestridae, our knowledge of the group is extremely ..."

3. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"Oestridae or Bot-flies To the family Oestridae belong the bot and warble-flies so frequently injurious to animals. The adults are large, or of medium size, ..."

4. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"botanischen gesellschaft in Wien (1884, v. 34, p. 269-271, pi. io) the larva of a new genus and species of oestridae from the stomach of Rhinoceros ..."

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