Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fox maggot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: fox -mag-got
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.

Example Sentences

"The biology and control of the fox maggot Wohlfahrtia opaca (Coq.)"
"The fox maggot (Wohlfahrtia spp.) is widely distributed throughout the Northern United States."

Inflected Forms

fox maggots (plural)

Questions

What does fox maggot mean?: Any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.

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