Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: screwworm
  1. The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (new world screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (old word screwworm). The larva can be parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals unlike most maggots which eat only dead flesh

Derived forms: screwworms

Encyclopedia: Screwworm

Nearest

screwdriver
screwed
screwer
screwing
screw-loose
screw-pine family
screwtop
screw-topped
screwup
screw-up
screwworm
screwy
Scriabin
scribble
scribbler
scribbling block
scribe
Scribe
scriber
scribing block
scrim