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| screw·worm [ skr wùrm ] (plural screw·worms) |
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larva of blowfly: the larva of the screwworm fly that grows under the skin of livestock and other mammals, causing injury and death
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| [Late 19th century. < the spiny hairs of the larva, which encircle each segment] |
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