BOTS
\bˈɒts], \bˈɒts], \b_ˈɒ_t_s]\
Definitions of BOTS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments.
By Oddity Software
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The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments.
By Noah Webster.
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BOTTS, botz, n. the larvæ of the botfly found in the flesh and in the intestines of animals.--n. BOT'FLY, a family of dipterous insects, resembling the blue-bottle fly, which deposit their eggs on cattle. [Ety. unknown; hardly conn. with BITE.]
By Thomas Davidson
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A diseased condition in horses and oxen, thought to be due to the larvae of the Oestrus equi, or botfly. Various morbid conditions, such as colic, convulsions, and staggers, have been ascribed to their presence, but as a rule they are innocuous.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe