Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old world screwworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: old -world screw-worm
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An egg, larva, pupa, or adult of species Chrysomya bezziana, which feeds on living tissue, which does not.

Inflected Forms

Old World screwworms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

myiasis New World screwworm

Questions

What does old world screwworm mean?: An egg, larva, pupa, or adult of species Chrysomya bezziana, which feeds on living tissue, which does not.

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