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GENUS OESTRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

Synonyms:

genus Oestrus; Oestrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Oestrus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Oestrus"):

Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly (larvae are parasitic on sheep)

Holonyms ("genus Oestrus" is a member of...):

family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae (warble flies)

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