mango flies

A form of mango fly — Cordylobia anthropophaga, a blowfly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans, where it may cause myiasis) during its larval stage.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of mango fly
Cite this entry
APA

mango flies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mango%20flies

MLA

“mango flies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mango%20flies. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mango flies,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mango%20flies.

Source: mango flies on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.