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Definition of Screwworms
1. screwworm [n] - See also: screwworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screwworms
Literary usage of Screwworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Medical and Surgical by Wendell Christopher Phillips (1919)
"PARASITES (MAGGOTS, screwworms, FUNGI, ETC.). The nose is rarely the habitat of
parasites in temperate or cold climates, but in tropical countries a ..."
2. Military Students Text Book ...: For the Use of R.O.T.C. and S.A.T.C. Units by James Alfred Moss, George Reudel Guild (1918)
"... Erysipelas (St. Anthony's Fire) Gonorrhoea (clap) Blood poisoning Lice, scabies,
fleas, chiggers, bedbugs and screwworms are also caught by touching. ..."
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