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Botts
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse. often, uncountable, with-definite-article
- 2 Infection by maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep. broadly, often, uncountable, with-definite-article
Etymology
Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'
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