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Dermatobia

noun

larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans

• Syn: ↑genus Dermatobia

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cuterebridae, ↑family Cuterebridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑human botfly, ↑Dermatobia hominis

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\\-ˈtōbēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from dermat- + -bia

: a genus of botflies whose larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and sometimes of man in tropical America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.