torsalo

See also: tórsalo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tórsalo.

Noun

torsalo (plural torsalos)

1. A parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.

Synonyms

• American warble fly, human botfly, ox-bot, ox botfly, ox warbler

Translations

Dermatobia hominis

• Spanish: tórsalo m