What does sheep gadfly mean?

sheep gadfly means "larvae are parasitic on sheep".

What is another word for sheep gadfly?

Close synonyms include sheep botfly, Oestrus ovis. 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 sheep gadfly a common word?

sheep gadfly 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.

sheep gadfly — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
larvae are parasitic on sheep
Synonymssheep botfly Oestrus ovis
Broaderbotfly
Part ofOestrus

Questions about sheep gadfly

What does sheep gadfly mean?: sheep gadfly means "larvae are parasitic on sheep".
What is another word for sheep gadfly?: Close synonyms include sheep botfly, Oestrus ovis. 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.

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