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New World screwworm

New World screwworm noun: 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.

Noun

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.
    • The New World screwworm fly is a tropical species, unable to survive Midwestern or Great Plains winters, so it was a seasonal scourge.2025 July 2, “U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest”, in NBC News, sourced from The Associated Press, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025
    • Earlier, Reuters reported that beef industry sources said last week that the CDC had confirmed a case of New World screwworm in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the US from Guatemala.2025 August 25, “First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025

Forms of New World screwworm

pluralNew World screwworms

Questions about New World screwworm

What does New World screwworm mean?
New World screwworm means 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.
What part of speech is New World screwworm?
New World screwworm is a noun.
What is the plural of New World screwworm?
The plural of New World screwworm is New World screwworms.

Words near New World screwworm in the dictionary

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  2. New World quails
  3. New World rat
  4. New World rats
  5. New World ROM
  6. New World screwworm
  7. New World screwworms
  8. New World sparrow
  9. New World sparrows
  10. New World suboscine
  11. New World syndrome

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