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Cuterebridae

noun

New World botflies

• Syn: ↑family Cuterebridae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑Cuterebra, ↑genus Cuterebra, ↑Dermatobia, ↑genus Dermatobia

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\\ˌkyüd.əˈrebrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Cuterebra, type genus + -idae

: a family of chiefly New World botflies that occur under the skin or sometimes in the throat or nasal sinuses of various mammals and that include a botfly (Dermatobia hominis) that normally parasitizes man — see cuterebra

Useful english dictionary. 2012.