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The flesh-eating parasite, a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, attacks warm-blooded animals, including humans.
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The parasitic flies produce larva that feed on living tissue, typically that of animals and livestock.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Each larva had to be surgically removed individually using different instrumentation.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The parasitic flies produce larva that feed on living tissue, typically that of animals and livestock.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Each larva had to be surgically removed individually using different instrumentation.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
nymph
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The females give birth to nymphs without mating, and these nymphs rapidly mature into adults (in about 10 days).—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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The title of the show is in reference to the mythical nymph whose voice could only repeat others, which Simkin explores as a parallel for the dancers to repeat choreographic instruction.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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