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Definition of Genus Gasterophilus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Gasterophilidae, Gasterophilidae
Member holonyms: Gasterophilus Intestinalis, Horse Botfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gasterophilus
Literary usage of Genus Gasterophilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Gasterophilus comprises three species, which Fig J07 infest the horse.
The Large Bot-Fly, G. equi, Linn., lays her eggs upon the fore legs of the ..."
2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Gasterophilus comprises three species, which Fi infest the horse.
The Large Bot-Fly, G. equi, Linn., lays her eggs upon the fore legs of the horse ..."
3. Physiology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Anatomy (1904)
"... who said it was a bot fly or oestrus of the genus Gasterophilus. Hamburger has
collected cases from Lee, Crocker, Malcolm Morris and Sampson. ..."
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