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MAGGOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("maggot" is a kind of...):
grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)
Derivation:
maggoty (spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies)
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