screwworm fly
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screwworm fly — noun : screwfly * * * the adult screwworm. Also called screw fly. [1905 10; Amer.] * * * screwworm fly, a blowfly that deposits its eggs in the sores of animals, the eggs developing into tiny larvae which eat into the wound. The screwworm fly… … Useful english dictionary
screwworm fly — the adult screwworm. Also called screw fly. [1905 10; Amer.] * * * … Universalium
screwworm fly — /skruwɜm ˈflaɪ/ (say skroohwerm fluy) noun 1. a bluish fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, of Central and South America that breeds in the living tissue of animals, entering through the nostrils or an open wound and causing injury or death. 2. a… …
screwworm — /ˈskruwɜm/ (say skroohwerm) noun the larva of the screwworm fly …
screwworm — noun The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (new world screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (old word screwworm). The larva can be parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals unlike most maggots which… … Wiktionary
screwworm — screw·worm skrü .wərm n 1) either of two dipteran flies of the genus Cochliomyia: a) one (C. hominivorax) of the warmer parts of America whose larva develops in sores or wounds or in the nostrils of mammals including humans with serious or… … Medical dictionary
screwworm — screw•worm [[t]ˈskruˌwɜrm[/t]] n. ent the larva of a blow fly, Cochliomyia macellaria, that is a pest of livestock … From formal English to slang
screwworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a grub that is the larva of a two winged fly (Callitroga hominivorax) occurring in the warmer parts of America and sometimes laying its eggs in sores or wounds or in the nostrils of mammals including man, that is armed with… … Useful english dictionary
screw fly. — See screwworm fly. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
screw fly. — See screwworm fly. [1880 85] … Useful english dictionary
