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    OESTRUS OVIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Larvae are parasitic on sheepplay

    Synonyms:

    Oestrus ovis; sheep botfly; sheep gadfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

    genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)

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