Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human botfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man bot-fly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dermatobia hominis, a species of botfly whose larvae parasitize humans, in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates.

Inflected Forms

human botflies (plural)

Synonyms

dermatobia hominis

Questions

What does human botfly mean?: Dermatobia hominis, a species of botfly whose larvae parasitize humans, in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates.

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