Screwworm Definition

skro͝owûrm
screwworms
noun
The larva of an American blowfly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) that infests wounds, and the nostrils, navel, etc. of animals, often causing illness.
Webster's New World
The larva of the screwworm fly.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Screwworm

Noun

Singular:
screwworm
Plural:
screwworms

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