maggot
noun/ˈmæɡət/
/ˈmæɡət/
- a creature like a small, short worm that is the young form of a fly and is found in meat and other food that is going bad. Maggots are often used as bait to catch fish.Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps an alteration of dialect maddock, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.
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