rat-tailed maggot

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English

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Rat-tailed maggot

Noun

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rat-tailed maggot (plural rat-tailed maggots)

  1. The aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube.
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