botfly

See also: bot-fly and bot fly

English

Cephenemyia stimulator, the deer botfly

Alternative forms

• bot fly, bot-fly

Etymology

From bot +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

botfly (plural botflies)

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

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Synonyms

• oestrus

Derived terms

• horse bot fly
• human botfly

Translations

insect

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: кӧгӧн (kögön)

• Assamese: ডাঁহ (dãh)
• Azerbaijani: gigovun, mozalan
• Bashkir: күгәүен (kügəwen)
• Belarusian: авадзе́нь m (avadzjénʹ)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: estre m
• 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: οίστρος (el) m (oístros)

  Ancient Greek: οἶστρος m (oîstros)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: bagócslégy
• Ingrian: kiiliäin, sokiain
• Irish: boiteog
• Italian: estro (it) m
• 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) m
• Portuguese: mosca-varejeira f, mosca-berneira f
• Romanian: streche (ro) f
• Russian: о́вод (ru) m (óvod)
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: обад m, obad (sh) m
• Spanish: éstrido m
• Swedish: styngfluga (sv) c
• 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