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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Stagworm

/(stăg"wûrm`)/ · Stag·worm · IPA
01 n. The larva of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, such as Oestrus actaeon, or Hypoderma actaeon, which burrows beneath t…
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    The larva of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, such as Oestrus actaeon, or Hypoderma actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.(Zool.)