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cuterebra

 

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Noun cuterebra has 1 sense
  1. Cuterebra, genus Cuterebra - type genus of the Cuterebridae
    --1 is a kind of arthropod genus
    --1 is a member of Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae

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Term: cuterebra

Noun:

1. A genus of flies within the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies, characterized by their unique parasitic lifecycle in mammals.

Example sentence: The cuterebra fly deposits its eggs on the host's fur, which later hatch and burrow into the skin to complete their lifecycle.

Noun (Plural: cuterebrae):

1. The larva of a cuterebra fly, often found as a parasitic cyst beneath, or in the tissues of, the skin of mammals.

Example sentence: The veterinarian successfully removed the cuterebrae from the cat's neck.

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