Definitions for botfly

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botfly bot·fly

Spelling: [bot-flahy]

IPA: /ˈbɒtˌflaɪ/

Botfly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in botfly (bfloty).

Definitions for botfly

noun

1. any of several flies of the families Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, and Cuterebridae, the larvae of which are parasitic in the skin or other parts of various mammals.

Origin of botfly

First recorded in 1810-20; bot² + fly²

Examples for botfly

Bots, Botts, botz, n. the larv of the botfly found in the flesh and in the intestines of animals.