Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maggot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maggot \Mag"got\, n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or
grub; cf. magu to bread.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The footless larva of any fly. See {Larval}.
2. A whim; an odd fancy. --Hudibras. Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maggot
n : the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in
decaying organic matter
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