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Definition of Sheep gadfly

1. Noun. Larvae are parasitic on sheep.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheep Gadfly

Literary usage of Sheep gadfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"... which is caused by the larvae or grubs of the sheep gadfly ((Estrus avis). On the appearance of the flies the sheep become greatly excited, ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine (1868)
"The sheep-gadfly punctures the sheep's nostril and lays her eggs there. The worms creep up into the cavities of the skull, and feed there, descending in due ..."

3. Varieties in Prose by William Allingham (1893)
"The sheep gadfly punctures the sheep's nostril and lays her eggs there. The worms creep up into the cavities of the skull, and feed, descending in due time ..."

4. Varieties in Prose by William Allingham (1893)
"The sheep gadfly punctures the sheep's nostril and lays her eggs there. The worms creep up into the cavities of the skull, and feed, descending in due time ..."

5. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"Oestrus ovis Linn. is the botfly of sheep, or the sheep gadfly, the larva of which is the common head maggot of these animals. ' Grub-in-the-head,' ' false ..."

6. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"Oestrus ovis Linn, is the botfly of sheep, or the sheep gadfly, the larva of which is the common head maggot of these animals. ' Grub-in-the-head,' ' false ..."

7. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"... the warble of the ox, the sheep gadfly, and their kindred, which, in their larval stage, live upon the intestines or muscles of quadrupeds. ..."

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