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Maggot :: Maggot (n.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

Maggot :: Maggot (n.) A whim; an odd fancy.

Mawky :: Mawky (a.) Maggoty.

Maggotiness :: Maggotiness (n.) State of being maggoty.

Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese..

Blowfly :: Blowfly (n.) Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

Maggot-pie :: Maggot-pie (n.) A magpie.

Mawk :: Mawk (n.) A maggot.

Diptera :: Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet..

Maggoty :: Maggoty (a.) Infested with maggots.

Maggoty :: Maggoty (a.) Full of whims; capricious.

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries..

Flyblow :: Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows..

Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et

Maggotish :: Maggotish (a.) Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.

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