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New World screwworms

New World screwworms is the plural of New World screwworm.

Meaning of New World screwworm

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

Questions about New World screwworms

What is New World screwworms the plural of?
New World screwworms is the plural of New World screwworm.

Words near New World screwworms in the dictionary

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

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