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railroad worm

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railroad worm (plural railroad worms)

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  1. A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by two different colours of bioluminescence, red and green, like railroad signals.
  2. An apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella)