"rat-tailed maggot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rat-tailed maggots [plural]
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  1. The aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube. Categories (lifeform): Aschizan flies Related terms: rat-tailed larva

Inflected forms

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