| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also bott |
| NOUN: | 1. The parasitic larva of a botfly. 2. bots (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, probably of Low German origin.
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