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Definition of Screwworm
1. Noun. The larva of the fly ''Cochliomyia hominivorax'' (new world screwworm) or ''Chrysomya bezziana'' (old word screwworm). The larva can be parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals unlike most maggots which eat only dead flesh. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Screwworm
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screwworm
Literary usage of Screwworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1900)
"108) common in certain parts of America, from the United States to the Argentine.
The insect lays her eggs on Fig. 10S.— screwworm. ..."
2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat by J. Price-Brown (1900)
"In all the known instances, however, in which the eggs of the screwworm have been
deposited in the nose or car there has been either pre-existing ..."
3. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"sterile male screwworm flies into wild populations in the 1950's, and by the
early 1980's the screwworm became the only pest successfully eradicated from ..."
4. Agricultural Resources & Environmental Indicators edited by Margot Anderson (1998)
"sterile male screwworm flies into wild populations in the 1950's, and by the
early 1980's the screwworm became the only pest successfully eradicated from ..."
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