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Definition of Maggots

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Larva Lar"va, n.; pl. L. Larv[ae], E. Larvas. [L. larva ghost, specter, mask.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larv[ae] of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv[ae] are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
Maggot
Maggot Mag"got, n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval. 2. A whim; an odd fancy. --Hudibras. Tennyson.

Meaning of Maggots from wikipedia

- practitioners, maggot therapy introduces live, disinfected maggots into non-healing skin or soft wounds of a human or animal. The only maggots cleared for...
- Maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s)...
- contain thousands of these maggots. Casu marzu is considered by Sardinian aficionados to be unsafe to eat when the maggots in the cheese have died. Because...
- Maggot (real name Andrew Major) (born 1976) is a Welsh rapper. Several Goldie Lookin Chain songs have been written about him. These include "The Maggot"...
- Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk band Funkadelic. It was recorded at United Sound Systems in Detroit during late 1970 and early...
- The Maggot is the 10th studio album by the Melvins, which was released in 1999 through Ipecac Recordings. This album is the first part of a trilogy followed...
- engineered maggots continue to eat and breed, growing larger with every cycle. By the album's end, human beings are extinct and the maggots have taken...
- the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae (maggots) which grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue. Although flies...
- fi/URN:ISBN:952-10-1013-4 Brigg, Peter. "Maggots, Tropes, and Metafictional Challenge: John Fowles' A Maggot." In Imaginative ****ures: Proceedings of...
- eggs on the offal and meat, and maggots hatch and consume it. After that, the bins are filled with water, so the maggots start to float (separating themselves...
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