Cochliomyia /Coch·lio·my·ia/ (-mi´ah) a genus of flies, including C. hominivo´rax, the screw-worm fly, which deposits its eggs on animal wounds; after hatching, the larvae burrow into the wound and feed on living tissue.
Coch·li·o·my·ia (k k l - -m  y )n. A genus of fleshflies whose larvae develop in decaying flesh or carrion or in wounds or sores. |
Cochliomyia
a genus of the fly family of insects Calliphoridae. See callitroga. Includes C. hominivorax (New world screw-worm), C. macellaria.
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