Stagworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stagworm \Stag"worm`\ (st[a^]g"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zool.)
     The larva of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon
     the stag, such as {Oestrus actaeon}, or {Hypoderma actaeon},
     which burrows beneath the skin, and {Cephalomyia auribarbis},
     which lives in the nostrils.
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