n pl :  a family of chiefly New World botflies that occur under the skin or sometimes in the throat or nasal sinuses of various mammals and that include a botfly (Dermatobia hominis) that normally parasitizes humans - see CUTEREBRA  cu*te*re*brid n 
 
 
 
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