| 单词 | heel fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel fly heel fly n. any of several North American warble flies that are parasites of cattle, esp. Hypoderma bovis and H. lineata. ΚΠ 1870 Monthly Rep. Dept. Agric. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) July 275 Some time since I received a letter from you, requesting a specimen of the heel fly, so troublesome to Texas cattle, and what I know of its habits. 1913 W. C. Barnes Western Grazing Grounds & Forest Ranges xix. 324 The heel fly is known to fame as the fly that brings the great ‘warble grub’ in the backs of cattle. 2016 J. R. Campbell & R. T. Marshall Dairy Production & Processing xiii. 200/2 Cattle have a great fear of heel flies, which explains their running on pasture to shaded areas. < as lemmas |
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