botfly

See also: bot fly

English

Alternative forms

bot fly
bot-fly

Etymology

bot +‎ fly

Noun

botfly (plural botflies)

One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

Synonyms

oestrus

Translations

insect

Bashkir: күгәүен (kügäwen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬蠅 (zh), 马蝇 (zh) (mǎying)
Danish: bremse (da) c, brems c, hestebremse c
Dutch: horzel (nl) c
Finnish: kiiliäinen, saivartaja (fi)
French: œstre (fr) m
German: Dasselfliege f, Biesfliege f
Hungarian: bagócslégy
Irish: boiteog
Japanese: ウマバエ (umabae), 馬蠅 (うまばえ, umabae), 馬蝿 (うまばえ, umabae), ヒツジバエ (hitsujibae)
Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná

Norman: bourdon à j'va m
Norwegian: brems m
Polish: gzowate, gzy
Portuguese: mosca-varejeira f
Romanian: streche (ro) f
Russian: о́вод (ru) m (óvod)
Serbo-Croatian: обад m (obad)
Spanish: éstrido m
Swedish: styngfluga (sv)
Udmurt: лузь (luzʹ)
Ukrainian: овід m (óvid)
Welsh: robin y gyrrwr, crehyryn

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} ذبابَة الخيل‎ f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 牛虻 (zh) (niúméng), ^{(please verify)} 虻 (zh) (méng)

Latvian: ^{(please verify)} dundurs m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estro (es) m

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