Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
wormal . Seewarble .
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 alsowarble , andworble . - noun (Far.) See 1st
Warble , 1 (b).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
botfly larva thatburrows in or beneath theskin ofanimals , thus producingsores . They belong to various species of Hypoderma and alliedgenera .
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Compare warble.
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