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SCREWWORM

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screw⋅worm

  [skroo-wurm]
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–noun
the larva of any of certain flies of the genus Callitroga, which sometimes infests wounds and the nose and navel of domestic animals and humans.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; screw + worm
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screw·worm   (skrōō'wûrm')   
n.  The larva of the screwworm fly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: screw·worm
Pronunciation: 'skrü-"w&rm
Function: noun
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 sometimes fatalresults; especially : its larva b : SECONDARY SCREWWORM
2 : adipteran fly of the genus Chrysomyia (C. bezziana) that causes myiasis in the Old World
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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