New World screwworm

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New World screwworm (plural New World screwworms)

  1. An egg, larva, pupa, or adult of genus Cochliomyia, especially of species Cochliomyia hominivorax, which feeds on living tissue, or Cochliomyia macellaria, which does not.

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