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GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gasterophilus intestinalis mean? 

GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS (noun)
  The noun GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS has 1 sense:

1. parasitic chiefly on horsesplay

  Familiarity information: GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic chiefly on horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gasterophilus intestinalis; horse botfly

Hypernyms ("Gasterophilus intestinalis" is a kind of...):

botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)

Holonyms ("Gasterophilus intestinalis" is a member of...):

Gasterophilus; genus Gasterophilus (type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies)


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