botfly

See also: bot-fly and bot fly

English

Cephenemyia stimulator, the deer botfly

Alternative forms

bot fly, bot-fly

Etymology

bot +‎ fly

Noun

botfly (plural botflies)

One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

Synonyms

oestrus

Derived terms

horse bot fly

Translations

insect

Assamese: ডাঁহ (dãh)
Azerbaijani: gigovun, mozalan
Bashkir: күгәүен (kügəwen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂蠅／狂蝇 (zh) (kuángying), 膚蠅／肤蝇 (fūying) (oestrids in general)
Czech: střeček m
Danish: bremse (da) c, brems c, hestebremse c
Dutch: horzel (nl) c
Finnish: kiiliäinen (fi), saivartaja (fi)
French: œstre (fr) m
Georgian: მაწუხელა (mac̣uxela), ბორა (ka) (bora)
German: Dasselfliege f, Biesfliege f
Greek:
Ancient: οἶστρος m (oîstros)
Hungarian: bagócslégy
Ingrian: kiiliäin
Irish: boiteog
Japanese: ヒツジバエ (hitsujibae) (oestrids in general)
Nandi: sokorio
Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
Norman: bourdon à j'va m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brems m, hestebrems m, brems m

Nynorsk: brems m
Polish: giez (pl)
Portuguese: mosca-varejeira f
Romanian: streche (ro) f
Russian: о́вод (ru) m (óvod)
Serbo-Croatian: обад m, obad (sh) m
Southern Altai: кӧгӧн (kögön)
Spanish: éstrido m
Swedish: styngfluga (sv)
Udmurt: лузь (luź)
Ukrainian: о́від m (óvid)
Welsh: robin y gyrrwr, crehyryn

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} ذبابَة الخيل f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 牛虻 (zh) (niúméng), ^{(please verify)} 虻 (zh) (méng)
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} dundurs m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estro (es) m

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