Definitions
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
Word origin
Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?].
Used in a sentence
“One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.”
“Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot, but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.”
“Can I bot a smoke?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Fly larva”3 letters
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