botfly

See also: bot-fly and bot fly

English

Cephenemyia stimulator, the deer botfly

Alternative forms

• bot fly, bot-fly

Etymology

From bot +‎ fly.

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.

Synonyms

• oestrus

Derived terms

• horse bot fly
• human botfly

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