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Gasterophilidae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Gasterophilidae - horse botfliesfamily Gasterophilidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsDiptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane fliesGasterophilus, genus Gasterophilus - type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies |
Gasterophilidae
Gasterophilidae[¦gas·tə·rō′fil·ə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) The horse bots, a family of myodarian cyclorrhaphous dipteran insects in the subsection Calypteratae, including individuals that cause myiasis in horses. Gasterophilidae
Gas·ter·o·phil·i·dae (gas'tĕr-ō-fil'i-dē), Avoid the misspelling/mispronunciation Gastrophilidae.A family of botflies (or warble flies) that produces enteric myiasis in members of the horse family (genus Gasterophilus), in rhinoceroses (genus Gyrostigma), and in elephants (genera Cobboldia, Platycobboldia, and Rodhainomyia). Synonym(s): Gastrophilidae [G. gastēr, belly, stomach, + philos, fond] Gasterophilidae
Synonyms for Gasterophilidaenoun horse botfliesSynonymsRelated Words- arthropod family
- Diptera
- order Diptera
- Gasterophilus
- genus Gasterophilus
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