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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as wormal. See warble.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.
  • noun (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).

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  • noun Any botfly larva that burrows in or beneath the skin of animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera.

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Compare warble.

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