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screwworm fly

 
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–noun
the adult screwworm.
Also called screw fly.

Origin:
1905–10; Americanism
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screwworm fly  
n.  A bluish fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) of the New World that breeds in the living tissue of mammals, having penetrated chiefly through open wounds or the nostrils, and whose parasitic larvae cause serious injury or death to livestock.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: screwworm fly
Function: noun
: the adult of a screwworm called also screwfly
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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