noun
large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
• Syn: ↑Dermatobia hominis
• Hypernyms: ↑botfly
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dermatobia, ↑genus Dermatobia
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noun : a large fly (Dermatobia hominis) of the family Cuterebridae that has brown wings and bluish body, is widely distributed in tropical America, and undergoes its larval development subcutaneously in man and other mammals
Useful english dictionary. 2012.