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screwworm fly
screw·worm fly (plural screw·worm flies)


noun 
Definition:
 
adult screwworm: a bluish blowfly whose eggs, laid on the skin of livestock and other large mammals, hatch as larvae screwworms that grow under the skin. Latin name Cochliomyia hominivorax.
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