botfly

English Thesaurus

1. stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gadfly,
definition	:	any of various large flies that annoy livestock (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	gasterophilus intestinalis, horse botfly,
definition	:	parasitic chiefly on horses (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	dermatobia hominis, human botfly,
definition	:	large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep gadfly,
definition	:	larvae are parasitic on sheep (noun.animal)