English Explanatory Dictionary

warble fly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.

Word forms

warble fly warble flies warblefly

Etymology

From warble (“a lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma”)

Synonyms

heel fly bomb fly gadfly cattle grub wolf

Derived words

ox warble fly cattle warble fly (Hypoderma lineatum reindeer warble fly
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