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wolf worm

wolf worm noun: botfly larva.

Noun

wolf worm (plural wolf worms)

  1. (US) botfly larva
    • No matter what the inconvenience, you must be concerned with such things as screw worms, wolf worms, scabies, ticks, lumpy jaw, teat fever.1965, Oren Arnold, Irons in the Fire: Cattle Brand Lore, Abelard-Schuman, page 57
    • Even the pretty fawn is full of wolf worms in the summer2003, Vic Chesnutt, “Wren's Nest”, in Silver Lake

Forms of wolf worm

pluralwolf worms

Questions about wolf worm

What does wolf worm mean?
Wolf worm means botfly larva.
What part of speech is wolf worm?
Wolf worm is a noun.
What is the plural of wolf worm?
The plural of wolf worm is wolf worms.

Words near wolf worm in the dictionary

  1. wolf whistle
  2. wolf whistled
  3. wolf whistles
  4. wolf whistling
  5. wolf willow
  6. wolf worm
  7. wolf worms
  8. wolf's bane
  9. Wolf's Castle
  10. wolf's head
  11. wolf's heads

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