screw worm
noun
1
- a worm gear or other mechanical device bearing a screw涡轮; 螺杆; 带螺旋机件。
2
- a large American blowfly larva which enters the wounds of mammals and sometimes humans, developing under the skin and often causing death. The adult fly is called the screw-worm fly.(次生)旋丽蝇幼虫。
2.1
- Cochliomyia (or Callitroga) hominivorax, family Calliphoridae.拉丁名Cochliomyia (或Callitroga) hominivorax, 丽蝇科。