Meaning of गोमक्खी in English
- A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.
- A small breeze or horsefly.
- A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
- A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
Meaning of गोमक्खी in English
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