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DERMATOBIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans

Synonyms:

Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dermatobia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Dermatobia"):

Dermatobia hominis; human botfly (large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals)

Holonyms ("Dermatobia" is a member of...):

Cuterebridae; family Cuterebridae (New World botflies)

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