Cuterebra

A genus of botflies with large blue or black bumble-bee-like adults, whose larvae most commonly infest rodents and lagomorphs (hares and rabbits); the larvae develop into large spiny grubs, usually in the subcutaneous connective tissue of the neck. Similar grubs, probably of other species, are not uncommon in cats and are sometimes found in dogs and in humans. [L. cutis, skin, + terebro, to bore, fr. terebra, an auger]

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Cu·te·re·bra .kyüt-ə-'rē-brə, kyu̇-'ter-ə-brə n the type genus of the family Cuterebridae comprising large usu. dark-colored botflies with larvae that form tumors under the skin of rodents, cats, and other small mammals

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Cu·ter·e·bra (ku″tər-eґbrə) a genus of botflies of the family Cuterebridae, whose larvae commonly infest rodents.