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maggot Noun the limbless larva of various insects, esp. the housefly and blowfly [earlier mathek] maggoty adj
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Translations 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 蛆 личинка کیڑا خصوصا کرم پنیر یا نیلی مکھی کا پہل روپ con giòi 蛆 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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