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noun
any of various stout dipteran flies (family Oestridae) with larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans
肤蝇〔类〕:双翅目(Diptera)狂蝇科(Oestridae)昆虫,其幼虫寄生于动物特别是马和羊。包括狂蝇属(Oestrus)、胃蝇属(Gasterophilus)、皮蝇属(Dermatobia)和黄蝇属(Cuterebra)
The first known use of botfly was circa 1775
bowelnoun
intestine entry 2, gut—usually used in plural
a division of the intestine
plural the interior parts
the bowels of the earth
archaic supply of mercy or courage—usually used in plural
bounteousadjective
giving freely or generously
a bounteous host
given in plenty
bounteous gifts
bouldernoun
a large detached and rounded or worn mass of rock
bouldernoun
a large detached and rounded or worn mass of rock
boughnoun
a branch of a treeespecially: a main branch
bottle-feedverb
to feed (as an infant) with a bottle
botflynoun
any of various stout two-winged flies whose larvae are parasitic in various mammals
botflynoun
any of various stout dipteran flies of the family Oestridae that have larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans
1 Larvae of botflies were collected from mice in the autumn of 1962, placed in sand in containers, and kept over winter until they hatched.
2 By the next day, it was covered in green botflies and thousands of white eggs.
3 That might reduce your chances of becoming infected by a parasite, such as botfly maggots inside your head, as Riskin was during a trip to Belize.
4 Or perhaps allow writhing botfly larvae to feast upon your juices before popping out of your skin as a hairy fly?
5 Behold the botfly, whose larva burrows into your skin, feeds on your flesh, and erupts out in alien fashion.
6 But there’s no vaccine for malaria, chikungunya, or the human botfly.
7 It’s the botflies that probably get the biggest reaction from family members and new visitors, perhaps because of the truly bizarre nature of their life cycle.
8 The highest rate of infestation by botflies occurred in 1961, the year in which the population density of P. maniculatus was near its peak.
9 Gravid botfly females apparently catch mosquitos on the wing and then lay their eggs on the mosquito’s body.
10 He pointed to a type of botfly that will lay its eggs on a mosquito.
11 Hematological values in deer mice in relation to botfly infection.
12 What if he chucked in the botflies and the brain parasites and the eyeball-dwelling worms and all the malaria as a way to test how much we really love him?
13 On the third day, when Robey opened the cooler, there was still ice inside—but also a writhing pile of botfly maggots all over the meat.
14 More recently, Jost recalls a trip to Nicaragua that left him with botfly eggs embedded in his legs.
15 The incidence occurs after a process called phoresis, which is when a botfly captures a mosquito and deposits its eggs on it, and the mosquito then bites a human and transfers the eggs.
16 Mammals trapped in the grid were inspected for molt, sexual maturity, larvae of botflies, anomalies, and other pertinent data.
17 According to the report’s authors, the case, referred to as myiasis, was unusual for botfly infestation in humans because of the occurrence of two larvae as opposed to the typical one larva.
18 When the bloodsucker lands on a person to feed, the botfly eggs detach and start to grow; the larvae later wriggle out of the human's skin.
19 One of her few disappointments: “I’ve yet to get my own botfly.”
20 The video shows a type of botfly, Cuterebra ruficus, experts told USA TODAY.