maggot : Idioms & Phrases

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apple maggot

  • noun larvae bore into and feed on apples
    Rhagoletis pomonella; railroad worm.
WordNet

Fly maggot

  • a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. Ray.
Webster 1913

maggot-pie

Mag"got-pie` noun
Definitions
  1. A magpie. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913

Pea maggot

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi), which is very destructive to peas.
Webster 1913

Red maggot

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Webster 1913

Wheat maggot

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Webster 1913