亚洲网紅露点

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warble fly

noun

  1. any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.


warble fly

noun

  1. any of various hairy beelike dipterous flies of the genus Hypoderma and related genera, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle: family Oestridae
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of warble fly1

First recorded in 1875鈥80
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Example Sentences

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It has been stated on good evidence that a loss of 锟7,000,000 per annum was caused by the attack of the ox warble fly on cattle in England alone.

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On several subsequent August days, while numbers of Caribou were passing very close to me, I聽detected no more of the warble flies.

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The eggs of the warble flies hatch as a rule in about a week, the time varying with local conditions.

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At that season the larvae of the warble fly have not developed far enough to have injured the hide appreciably.

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Ox warbles are whitish or, when full grown, dark-colored grubs or maggots that develop from the eggs deposited on the hairs of cattle by certain flies known as warble flies.

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