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Definition: Botfly |
BotflyNoun1. Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Botfly |
| English words defined with "botfly": bot, Bots, Burrel fly ♦ Horse bot, horse botfly, Horseworm, human botfly ♦ Sheep bot, sheep botfly, Stagworm ♦ Trumpet fly ♦ warble, Wormil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "botfly": stomach botfly. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | First instar larva of Cuterebra, a genus of botfly. Fly, parasite. Credit: CDC. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Botfly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Botfly" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 75% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "botfly": horse botfly ♦ human botfly ♦ sheep botfly ♦ stomach botfly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
botfly | 14 |
botfly human | 3 |
botfly deer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "botfly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | faarebremse (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schapenhorzel (hornet), schapehorzel (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), paardehorzel (gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lampaan nenäsaivartaja (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | Oestrus ovis (nasal bot fly, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly)), oestrose (nasal bot fly, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly)), oestre intestinal (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly), oestre du mouton (nasal bot fly, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly)), gastrophile du cheval (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly), gastérophilidé (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schafrachenbremse (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), Schafbiesfliege (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), Nasenbremse (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), Dasselfliege (bot fly, hypoderma, nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly, warble fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλογόμυγα (gadfly, horsefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Oestrus ovis (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), gastrofilo dello stomaco del cavallo (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly), gasterofilo (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly), estro ovino (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), estro nasale della pecora (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), estro nasale (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly), estro equino (horse bot fly, horse botfly, stomach botfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 馬蝿 (horse botfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うまばえ (horse botfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | cartage ny dhieyn, cartage (gadabout, maze, vagrant, warblefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otflybay moscardón. (various references) fårstyng (nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly, sheep nose bot(fly), sheep nose fly, sheep nostril fly, sheep(nasal)bot fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Botfly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bitflik, Bofty, botulf, bttrly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "botfly" (pronounced bÄ"tflī') |
| 3 | -f l ī' | butterfly, firefly, gadfly, shoofly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-l-o-t-y" | |
-1 letter: lofty. | |
-2 letters: blot, bolt, loft, toby. | |
-3 letters: bot, boy, fly, fob, foy, lob, lot, oft, toy, yob. | |
-4 letters: bo, by, lo, of, oy, to, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-l-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: flyboat. | |
+2 letters: flyboats. | |
+4 letters: boastfully, doubtfully, flamboyant, profitably. | |
+5 letters: bountifully, comfortably, flamboyants, formability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6F 74 66 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101111 01110100 01100110 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B o t f l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006F 0074 0066 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)368186727891 |
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