fox maggot

noun

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

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Meanings

nounfox maggot (plural fox maggots)

plural fox maggots

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

    The biology and control of the fox maggot Wohlfahrtia opaca (Coq.)

    1948, F. X. Gassner and Maurice T. Jameshttp://www.jstor.org/stable/3273240
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    The fox maggot (Wohlfahrtia spp.) is widely distributed throughout the Northern United States.

    1960, J. R. Gorham et al., Minks: Diseases and Parasites, page 24
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