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maggot /mag·got/ (mag´it) the soft-bodied larva of an insect, especially a form living in decaying flesh.

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The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter.

Maggot

Medical entomology Larvae (a worm-like feeding state of flies), order Diptera—e.g., green (Phaenicia sericata) and black (Phormia regina bottle flies).
Vox populi A popular term for a ne’er-do-well

maggot [mag´ot]

the soft-bodied larva of an insect, especially one living in decaying flesh.

maggot

the soft-bodied larva of an insect, especially one living in decaying flesh or tissue debris.

cattle maggot

see hypoderma.

wool maggot

see cutaneous myiasis.

maggot

Medical entomology Larvae–a worm-like feeding state of flies–order Diptera–eg, green–Phaenicia sericata, black–Phormia regina bottle flies. Cf Leeches, Roach.

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