burrel fly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From its reddish colour. See burrel.
Noun[edit]
burrel fly (plural burrel flies)
- The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis).
- Synonym: orthern cattle grub
References[edit]
- “burrel fly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.