Look up: maggot

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   Maggot
   Diptera (fly) larva.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   maggot
   [n] - the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
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   Maggot
   Maggot: 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 -- notably, those of the blackbottle fly (Phormia regina) and the greenbottle fly (Phaenicia sericata ...
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   maggot
   French name for a chinoiserie figure - usually a Chinese Buddha -which was produced in the 18thC by many European porcelain factories including meissen and chantilly. During the 19thC the word was also used in a derogatory manner to describe chinese export porcelain. Magots are also known as pagods.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   Maggot
   Mag'got noun [ W. macai , plural maceiod , magiod , a worn or grub; confer magu to bread.] 1. (Zoology) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval . 2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.
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   maggot
   1. <zoology> The footless larva of any fly. See Larval. ... 2. A whim; an odd fancy. ... Origin: W. Macai, pl. Maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. Magu to bread. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   maggot
   noun the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
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   Maggot
   Maggot is the common name of the larval phase of development in insects of the order Diptera (flies). Sometimes the word is used to denote the larval stage of any insect.
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   maggot
   (mag´әt) the soft-bodied larva of an insect, especially one living in decaying flesh.
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    Maggot
    • (n.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval. • (n.) A whim; an odd fancy.
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    maggot
    (from the article `dipteran`) ...beneficial, too, functioning as scavengers, predators, or parasites of certain insect pests, as pollinators of plants, and as destroyers of weeds ... In contrast to highly specialized larvae, about half the fly species have larvae known as maggots. The maggot has lost the complicated head capsule ... ...
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    maggot
    A fly larva or grub.
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    maggot
    maggot: see blowfly; fly; larva.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09158