maggot

Example Sentences

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Wherever the light touched, they rippled and heaved like a maggot-.’ riddled carcass.

From Literature

The report, seen by the BBC, said: "There were signs of decomposition present... maggots were seen crawling on his body."

From BBC

Once the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow into flesh in a corkscrew motion, which is how the insect got its name.

From Science Daily

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

From Los Angeles Times

These include unexplained skin lesions, feeling larvae move within a wound or the nose, mouth or eyes and seeing maggots in an open sore.

From BBC