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botts

botts noun: the disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.

Noun

botts (uncountable)

  1. (often, with-definite-article) The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
  2. (broadly, often, with-definite-article) Infection by maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.

Origin of botts

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'

Questions about botts

What does botts mean?
Botts means the disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
What part of speech is botts?
Botts is a noun.

Words near botts in the dictionary

  1. Bottorffs
  2. Bottos
  3. bottromycin
  4. bottromycins
  5. Bottrop
  6. botts
  7. botty
  8. botty bandit
  9. botty bandits
  10. botty burp
  11. botty burps

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