warble

³warble

noun

Definition of WARBLE

1

: a swelling under the skin especially of the back of cattle, horses, and wild mammals caused by infestation with maggots of a botfly or warble fly

2

: the maggot of a warble fly

— war·bled \-bəld\ adjective

Origin of WARBLE

perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to obsolete Swedish varbulde boil, from var pus + bulde swelling

First Known Use: circa 1585

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut