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new world screwworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
new -world screw-worm
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

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Inflected Forms

New World screwworms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

myiasis Old World screwworm

Questions

What does new world screwworm mean?
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.

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