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bot(1) (iou)



bot noun1. Also bott. E16.
[Prob. of Low Dutch origin: cf. Dutch bot, West Frisian botten (pl.), Western Flemish botse, Northern Frisian galboten liver-worm, West Frisian botgalle disease caused by bots.]
A parasitic worm or maggot infesting livestock; spec. the larva of a fly (called bot-fly) of the genus Oestrus, which affects esp. the digestive organs; the bots (as sing.), the disease caused by these parasites. E16.
A cadger; a useless person; a hanger-on. Austral. & NZ slang. E20.