flesh-eating
Example Sentences
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The reemergence of the flesh-eating screwworm could not come at a worse time for the beef industry—or cows.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
US agriculture and health officials have outlined a plan to combat a flesh-eating parasite that has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that typically feeds on livestock, has been detected a calf in Texas—the first U.S. case in six decades.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Even more recent insights that other people are more dangerous than the flesh-eating undead are played out.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
He reminded Jason a little too much of a flesh-eating ghoul he’d once fought in San Bernardino.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
