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botts

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, uncountable, with-definite-article

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Infection by maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, often, uncountable, with-definite-article

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'

Real reading context

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