human botfly

1. 1.

   large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals

   SynonymsDermatobia hominis

   Broaderbotfly

   Part ofDermatobia

Questions about human botfly

What does human botfly mean?

human botfly means "large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals".

What is another word for human botfly?

Close synonyms include Dermatobia hominis. 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 human botfly a common word?

human botfly 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.