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  1. 1. n. Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. See 1st Warble, 1 (b). Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. (Zoöl.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.] 2. (Far.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b). Source: webster
  4. 4. Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin ofdomestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong tovarious species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle areoften infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble,and worble. [Written also wormal, wormul, and wornil.] Source: adambom

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