ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: a grub that is the larva of a two-winged fly ( Callitroga hominivorax ) occurring in the warmer parts of America and sometimes laying its eggs in sores or wounds or in the nostrils of mammals including man, that is armed with rings of small spines, and that bores into the flesh and causes serious or sometimes fatal results ; broadly : a calliphorid larva that parasitizes the flesh of mammals