bot
English
/bɒt/, /bɑt/
noun
Definitions
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
Etymology
Derived from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic boiteag (maggot).
Origin
Gaelic (Scots)
boiteag
Gloss
maggot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Twitter English
- Twitterbot English
- aim English
- aimbot English
- biobot English
- botfly English
- botherder English
- botlike English
- botmaster English
- botnet English
- botter English
- fly English
- herder English
- info English
- infobot English
- law English
- lawbot English
- magbote English
- male English
- malebot English
- man English
- manbot English
- master English
- mæg English
- net English
- pleasure English
- pleasurebot English
- botti Finnish
- bottiverkko Finnish
- ryssäbotti Finnish
- spämmibotti Finnish
- bot Spanish, Castilian
- bot Portuguese
- mǣgbōt Old English
- boiteag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic