warble fly

noun

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

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Meanings

nounwarble fly (plural warble flies)

plural warble flies · alternative warblefly

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

    Synonyms: heel fly, bomb fly, gadfly, cattle grub, wolf

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.

Similar
heel flybomb flygadflycattle grubwolf
Also see
gadfly

Origin

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

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APA

warble fly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warble%20fly

MLA

“warble fly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warble%20fly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warble fly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warble%20fly.

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