‖papies, noun

/ˈpɑːpis//ˈpɑːpiːz/
Forms:
Also paapies, papys.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch paapje cocoon + plural suffix -s.
Pathology
Enteric myiasis or bots, a gastric disease of horses, donkeys, and mules, caused by the larvae of the fly Gastrophilus intestinalis of the Gasterophilidae; plural, these larvae.
1867 Blue Bk for Col. 1866 JJ14Early in the year nearly all the horses at grass died of horse-sickness and paapies. Sulphur in bran mashes was found to be an excellent remedy for paapies.
1912 Farmer’s Weekly 17 Jan. 767 (Pettman)The papies is the outcome of the gad-fly or horse-fly which deposits its eggs or larvae on the quarters of animals and underneath the belly of the animal. The animal by biting and licking itself conveys them to the mouth and thence into the stomach.
1913 A. Glossop Barnes’s S. Afr. Hsehold Guide 300Bots or Papys...Nature dislodges them herself in due course.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 178Bots (or ‘papies’)...The eggs of the gad fly are deposited on..the horse, and are hatched by the heat of the body. This causes an itching sensation...In consequence of this, the horse licks the part, and the eggs thus getting into the mouth, pass into the stomach. Here the eggs turn into grubs, and remain until developed and pass away with the faeces.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 363It was believed that horses developed ‘papies’ (bots) when grazing in vleis or marshy places where the plants grow.
1971 B. Smit in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. IV. 590Horse Bot-Flies,...These ‘papies’ or maggots take several months to develop, and when full-grown are about 6mm long.
Enteric myiasis or bots, a gastric disease of horses, donkeys, and mules, caused by the larvae of the fly Gastrophilus intestinalis of the Gasterophilidae; plural, these larvae.
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papegaai, nounn.papsak, nounn. phr.
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