screwworm
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A larva of a blowfly of species Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm fly) or…
A larva of a blowfly of species Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm fly) or Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm fly), of tribe Chrysomyini, parasitic in animals and sometimes humans, distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals, unlike most maggots, which eat only dead flesh.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for screwworm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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