rat-tailed maggots

A form of rat-tailed maggot — The aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of rat-tailed maggot
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