maggot
Example Sentences
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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
And that’s when she stumbled across Ron Sherman, the maggot doctor.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024
Except when a maggot is present; then only 15 fly eggs are permitted.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022
There was a tiny doubt inside her, like a maggot in an apple core.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
