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maggoty

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
maggot/ˈmaɡət/

▶noun

1 a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter.

2 archaic a whimsical fancy.

– derivatives
maggoty adjective.

– origin ME: perh. an alt. of dial. maddock, from ON mathkr, of Gmc origin.

'maggoty' also found in these Oxford entries:

maggot - magpie

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