English Explanatory Dictionary

torsalo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.

Word forms

torsalo torsalos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tórsalo.

Synonyms

American warble fly human botfly ox-bot ox botfly ox warbler
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