| 单词 | screw fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrew fly screw fly n. any of a group of blowflies whose larvae cause serious infestations of livestock, other animals, and humans, esp. Cochliomyia hominivorax (cf. screw worm n. 2a); = screw-worm fly n. at screw worm n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Calliphoridae > member of genus Cochliomyia (screw fly) screw fly1868 screw-worm fly1879 1868 Weekly Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock) 3 Nov. There is also what is called the beef worm. It is somewhat like the Texas screw fly. 1945 J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 20 Sometimes their hides were torn, thus inviting screw flies. 2006 New Phytologist 172 463/2 A wide range of animal-related compounds (e.g. dried blood, carrion, cheese, cattle faeces, and mammalian secretions and excretions) attract blowflies, screw flies or flesh flies. < as lemmas |
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