genus gasterophilus

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   type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies

   SynonymsGasterophilus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofGasterophilidae

Questions about genus gasterophilus

What does genus gasterophilus mean?

genus gasterophilus means "type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies".

What is another word for genus gasterophilus?

Close synonyms include Gasterophilus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus gasterophilus a common word?

genus gasterophilus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.