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fox maggot

fox maggot noun: any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.

Noun

fox maggot (plural fox maggots)

  1. Any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.
    • The biology and control of the fox maggot Wohlfahrtia opaca (Coq.)1948, F. X. Gassner and Maurice T. Jameshttp://www.jstor.org/stable/3273240
    • The fox maggot (Wohlfahrtia spp.) is widely distributed throughout the Northern United States.1960, J. R. Gorham et al., Minks: Diseases and Parasites, page 24

Forms of fox maggot

pluralfox maggots

Questions about fox maggot

What does fox maggot mean?
Fox maggot means any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.
What part of speech is fox maggot?
Fox maggot is a noun.
What is the plural of fox maggot?
The plural of fox maggot is fox maggots.

Words near fox maggot in the dictionary

  1. fox hunts
  2. fox in the box
  3. fox in the henhouse
  4. Fox Islands
  5. fox kestrel
  6. fox maggot
  7. fox maggots
  8. fox mark
  9. fox marks
  10. fox message
  11. fox messages

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