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mango fly

mango fly noun: cordylobia anthropophaga, a blowfly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans, where it may cause myiasis) during its larval stage.

Noun

mango fly (plural mango flies)

  1. Cordylobia anthropophaga, a blowfly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans, where it may cause myiasis) during its larval stage.

Forms of mango fly

pluralmango flies

Questions about mango fly

What does mango fly mean?
Mango fly means cordylobia anthropophaga, a blowfly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans, where it may cause myiasis) during its larval stage.
What part of speech is mango fly?
Mango fly is a noun.
What is the plural of mango fly?
The plural of mango fly is mango flies.

Words near mango fly in the dictionary

  1. mango
  2. mango bird
  3. mango birds
  4. mango fish
  5. mango flies
  6. mango fly
  7. mango ginger
  8. Mango Island
  9. mango juice
  10. mango juices
  11. mango melon

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