OESTRUS OVIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Larvae are parasitic on sheep

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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