rat-tailed maggot

English
Rat-tailed maggot

Noun

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.
  • rat-tailed larva
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