释义 |
wohl·fahr·tia \vōlˈfärd.ēə\ noun Etymology: New Latin, perhaps modification (influenced by German wohlfahrt welfare) of Peter Wolfart died 1726 German medical writer + Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a genus of larviparous sarcophagid flies that commonly deposit their larvae in wounds or on the intact skin of man and domestic animals causing severe cutaneous myiasis 2. -s : any fly of the genus Wohlfahrtia |