The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stagworm
Stagworm \Stag"worm`\ (st[a^]g"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, such as [OE]strus act[ae]on, or Hypoderma act[ae]on, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.