| Cordylobia | A genus of calliphorid fleshflies. Origin: G. Kordyle, a cudgel, swelling, or tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cordylobia anthropophaga | Tumbu fly of Africa south of the Sahara; a species that causes a boil-like furuncular myiasis; many animals besides man are attacked, especially domestic dogs, though rats are probably the chief reservoir of human infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cordylobiasis | Infection of man and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Cordylobia. Synonym: African furuncular myiasis, tumbu dermal myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |