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Definition of: screwworm fly
(skr
′wûrm′)
A shiny, blue–green blowfly (genus Cochliomyia, family Calliphoridae) about twice the size of the common housefly, whose larvae breed in living flesh; especially, C. americana, the destructive cattle pest of the southern and western United States.
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