maggot
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It is the larval, or maggot, stage of a metallic-looking blowfly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
After feeding for about seven days, a maggot will fall to the ground, dig into the soil and then awaken as an adult fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
This enzyme protects the maggot from infections, protecting us in the process.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
Except when a maggot is present; then only 15 fly eggs are permitted.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
In Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare has Berowne complain, “Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, / Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, / Figures pedantical; these summer flies / Have blown me full of maggot ostentation.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
While many maggots consume dead or decomposing material, screwworm larvae feed on healthy, living flesh.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
When the eggs hatch into maggots, the maggots eat live tissue, causing a worsening, often painful and foul-smelling wound, according to the CDC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
A few days ago we were all talking about the protesters’ claim that maggots were in the food served to inmates, which Homeland Security denied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Yemm told the Commons he was approached by Ronald's family, who told him about the maggots.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
“You must find your own. You could look in the field of the oxen for it. Nice big maggots in the ox dung, after all. Bring whatever you want from there.”
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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