MAGGOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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