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maggot

Speech parts

1. maggot - Noun

2. maggot - Adjective

3. maggot - Verb

Meaning

The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

A whim; an odd fancy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

She would not shed a tear, she would not waste the rest of her years simmering in the maggot broth of memory. Gabriel García Márquez

Living on the bodies of mammals, oxpeckers manage to get quite a varied diet. A maggot here, a tick there, a little sip of blood, perhaps a little tasty earwax. David Attenborough

Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The sanctity of sameness in a shade. Nathalia Crane

Is that maggot meant to dominate us!? Are we meant to be her slave!? Alex Jones

Dead though the oil-palm may be, the maggot in it lives on. Nigerian Proverb

We are all flesh and blood of the earth and so will return to the ground as rotten maggot encrusted relics. Togolese Proverb

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