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What (who) is MAGGOTS - definition
NON-STANDARD TERM FOR A LARVA OF A FLY (ORDER DIPTERA); IT IS APPLIED IN PARTICULAR TO THE LARVAE OF BRACHYCERA FLIES, SUCH AS HOUSEFLIES, CHEESE FLIES, AND BLOWFLIES
Maggots; Caster (maggot)
![Maggots on a [[porcupine]] carcass](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Decomposition00.jpg?width=200 "Maggots on a [[porcupine]] carcass")
![Maggots from a [[rabbit]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Likmaskar från Kanin - Ystad-2021.jpg?width=200 "Maggots from a [[rabbit]].")
maggots
n. crawling with maggots
Maggot
·noun A whim; an odd fancy.
II. Maggot ·noun The footless larva of any fly. ·see Larval.
maggot
(maggots)
Maggots are creatures that look like very small worms and turn into flies.
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Wikipedia
Maggot
A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.
Examples of use of MAGGOTS
1. And I am sure Tony will be saying ‘eat maggots...eat maggots‘." Reader comments (0) No comments have so far been submitted.
2. Despite the meat being putrid, the maggots were fresh.
3. Live maggots were found in the nappy of the worst–affected twin.
4. Maggots are pouring from the bag – blood is seeping onto the ground.
5. In it, maggots feed on "blood" (actually sugar and water) apparently from a severed cow‘s head.