Oestridae
See also: Œstridæ
Translingual
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Wikispecies
Etymology
Oestrus + -idae
Proper noun
Oestridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – botflies, dipterous insects, whose parasitic offspring develop inside mammals’ bodies.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order