Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A European muscid fly, Lucilia sericata, allied to the screw-worm fly of the United States. Its larvæ infest the bodies of live sheep, especially in Great Britain and Ireland.
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The gadfly, bot-fly, or sheep-fly: the larva lives in the bodies of cattle throughout the whole winter; it is extracted from their backs by an African bird called Buphaga.
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766
bilby commented on the word sheep-fly
Is there a porcine variety?
August 19, 2022