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    HUMAN BOTFLY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammalsplay

    Synonyms:

    Dermatobia hominis; human botfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("human botfly" is a kind of...):

    botfly (stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals)

    Holonyms ("human botfly" is a member of...):

    Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia (larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans)

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