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maggot

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mag·got  (mgt)
n.
1. The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.
2. Slang A despicable person.
3. An extravagant notion; a whim.

[Middle English magot, perhaps alteration of mathek, maddokk, perhaps from Old English matha.]

maggot·y adj.

maggot [ˈmægət]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the soft limbless larva of dipterous insects, esp the housefly and blowfly, occurring in decaying organic matter
2. Rare a fancy or whim
[from earlier mathek; related to Old Norse mathkr worm, Old English matha, Old High German mado grub]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.maggotmaggot - the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
grub - a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

maggot
noun worm, grub fetid, maggot-infested meat
Translations
maggot [ˈmægət] Ncresa f, gusano m

maggot [ˈmægət] n (= grub) → ver m, asticot m

maggot
nMade f

maggot [ˈmægət] nverme m, baco
maggot [ˈmægət] nverme m, baco

maggot
n maggot [ˈmӕgət]
the worm-like grub or larva of a fly, especially a bluebottle. maaier دود الطُّعْم личинка larva (zvl. masařky) larve die Made προνύμφη larva, gusano tõuk کرم حشره toukka asticot רִימָה कीड़ा larva, ličinka kukac belatung maðkur, lirfa larva うじ 구더기 vikšras, lerva kāpurs, tārps berenga ,made mark, larve larwa lagarta larvă личинка larva (hlav.) mäsiarky ličinka larva fluglarv, mask หนอนแมลง kurtçuk, sürfe личинка کیڑا خصوصا کرم پنیر یا نیلی مکھی کا پہل روپ con giòi

maggot يَرَقْة červ maddike Made σκουλήκι εντόμου gusano toukka asticot crv verme うじ 구더기 made larve larwa larva de insecto, larva de inseto личинка mask หนอน kurtçuk con giòi


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But 'the maggot gnaws the cabbage, yet dies first'; that's what the old folks used to tell us," he added rapidly.
When there's a bigger maggot than usial in your head you call it
They would have to be passed through a powerful press first, to squeeze their old notions out of them, so that they would not soon get upon their legs again; and then there would be some one in the company with a maggot in his head, hatched from an egg deposited there nobody knows when, for not even fire kills these things, and you would have lost your labor.
 
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