SHEEP BOTFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep botfly mean? 

• SHEEP BOTFLY (noun)
  The noun SHEEP BOTFLY has 1 sense:

1. larvae are parasitic on sheep

  Familiarity information: SHEEP BOTFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEEP BOTFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae are parasitic on sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly

Hypernyms ("sheep botfly" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("sheep botfly" is a member of...):

genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)