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torsalo

torsalo noun: a parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.

Noun

torsalo (plural torsalos)

  1. A parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.
    Synonyms:
    American warble fly, human botfly, ox-bot, ox botfly, ox warbler

Synonyms of torsalo

All synonyms of torsalo

Forms of torsalo

pluraltorsalos

Origin of torsalo

Borrowed from Spanish tórsalo.

Questions about torsalo

What does torsalo mean?
Torsalo means a parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.
What part of speech is torsalo?
Torsalo is a noun.
What is the plural of torsalo?
The plural of torsalo is torsalos.

Words near torsalo in the dictionary

  1. torsades des pointes
  2. torsadogenesis
  3. torsadogenic
  4. torsadogenicity
  5. torsal
  6. torsalo
  7. torsalos
  8. torsals
  9. torsatron
  10. torsatrons
  11. torse

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