heel fly
1heel fly — n CATTLE GRUB esp one in the adult stage * * * any fly of the genus Hypoderma …
2heel fly — heel′ fly n. ent cattle grub • Etymology: 1875–80, amer …
3heel fly — noun : a warble fly that attacks cattle; especially : a common warble fly (Hypoderma lineata) of warm parts of America * * * heel fly, a botfly whose larva is parasitic in animals such as cattle, goats, and deer; cattle warble. The grub burrows… …
4heel fly — noun Date: 1878 cattle grub …
5heel fly. — See cattle grub. [1875 80, Amer.] * * * …
6heel fly. — See cattle grub. [1875 80, Amer.] …
7heel — [[t]hi͟ːl[/t]] heels, heeling, heeled 1) N COUNT Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 2) N COUNT The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot. ...the shoes …
8fly — A two winged insect in the order Diptera. Important flies include Simulium (black f.), Calliphora (bluebottle f.), Piophila casei (cheese f.), Chrysops (deer f.), Siphona irritans (horn f.), Fannia scolaris (latrine f.), Oestrus ovis and… …
9heel — n 1. foot, hoof, kicker, Latin, calx; heel bone, Anat. calcaneus, Anat. os calcis; (of some animals) hock, Anat. hallux, (of birds) spur. 2. lift, heelpiece, heeltap, spike, wedgie. 3. conclusion, tail end, fag end, rind, crust; remnant,… …
10heel — Synonyms and related words: SOB, accouter, afterpart, afterpiece, appoint, arch, arm, back, back door, back seat, back side, balance, bastard, bear off, bedog, behind, bend, blackguard, bounder, branch off, breech, broke, bugger, cad, cant,… …
