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nounOne of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
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Ancient Greek οἶστρος
- οἶστρος (oîstros)insect
Catalan estre
- estreinsect
Chinese Mandarin 狂蠅 /狂蝇, 膚蠅 /肤蝇
- 狂蠅 /狂蝇 (kuángying)insect
- 膚蠅 /肤蝇 (fūying)insect
Czech střeček
- střečekinsect
Danish bremse, brems
- bremseinsect
- bremsinsect
- hestebremseinsect
Dutch horzel
- horzelinsect
Finnish kiiliäinen, saivartaja
- kiiliäineninsect
- saivartajainsect
French œstre
- œstreinsect
German Dasselfliege, Biesfliege
- Dasselfliegeinsect
- Biesfliegeinsect
Greek οίστρος
- οίστρος (oístros)insect
Hungarian bagócslégy
- bagócslégyinsect
Irish boiteog
- boiteoginsect
Italian estro
- estroinsect
Japanese ヒツジバエ
- ヒツジバエ (hitsujibae)insect
Norwegian Bokmål brems, hestebrems
- bremsinsect
- hestebremsinsect
Polish giez
- giezinsect
Portuguese mosca-varejeira, mosca-berneira
- mosca-varejeirainsect
- mosca-berneirainsect
Romanian streche
- strecheinsect
Russian о́вод
- о́вод (óvod)insect
Spanish éstrido
- éstridoinsect
Swedish styngfluga
- styngflugainsect
Ukrainian о́від
- о́від (óvid)insect
Welsh robin y gyrrwr, crehyryn
- robin y gyrrwrinsect
- crehyryninsect
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APA
botfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botfly
MLA
“botfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botfly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botfly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botfly.
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