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nose botfly

noun

Medical Definition of NOSE BOTFLY

:  a widely distributed botfly of the genus Gasterophilus (G. haemorrhoidalis) that has a red tip on the abdomen and is parasitic in the larval stage especially on horses and mules—called also nose fly

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