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Gasterophilus

noun

type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies

• Syn: ↑genus Gasterophilus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gasterophilidae, ↑family Gasterophilidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑horse botfly, ↑Gasterophilus intestinalis

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\\-ˈräfələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gaster- + -philus

: a genus of botflies containing one form (G. intestinalis) that commonly infests the horse

Useful english dictionary. 2012.