maggot
31maggot — the larva of an insect (bluebottle) used as bait in European angling, e.g. for such cyprinid species as Abramis brama, Cyprinus carpio, Rutilus rutilus. They may be coloured with food dyes (e.g. pinkies) or flavoured. Also called gentles or gents …
32Maggot — A soft bodied wormlike larva of a fly that lays its eggs in living or especially in decaying tissues. The living or rotting material furnishes heat for the hatching of the eggs and food for the newly hatched maggots. Certain blowfly maggots… …
33maggot — Synonyms and related words: alabaster, apparition, arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, bee, beetle, boutade, brainchild, brainstorm, bubble, bug, capriccio, caprice, caterpillar, centipede, chalk, chilopod, chimera, chrysalis, cocoon, conceit, crank,… …
34maggot — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grub, slug, larva; see worm 1 …
35maggot — mag|got [ˈmægət] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] a small creature like a ↑worm that is the young form of a ↑fly and lives in decaying food, flesh etc …
36maggot — mag|got [ mægət ] noun count a small soft creature with no arms or legs that later changes into a fly. Maggots are found in old meat and dead bodies …
37maggot — see MAWKISH …
38maggot — [[t]mæ̱gət[/t]] maggots N COUNT Maggots are creatures that look like very small worms and turn into flies …
39maggot — mag·got || mægÉ™t n. larva of certain flies; whimsical fancy; contemptible person …
40maggot — noun 1》 a soft bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter. 2》 archaic a whimsical fancy. Derivatives maggoty adjective Origin ME: perh. an alt. of dialect maddock, from ON mathkr, of Gmc origin …
