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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a maggot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing insects, decay, or metaphorically to describe something unpleasant or undesirable.
Example: "The old food in the trash was crawling with a maggot, making it clear that it needed to be thrown out immediately."
Alternatives: "a larva" or "a worm".
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Why shouldn't a maggot?
"You shouldn't call your brother a maggot".
The white thing was a maggot, its ridged belly bloated.
"That is a fly larva, a maggot actually," he said.
The job of a maggot is to eat and grow until it turns into a fly.
"She definitely loves this more than me," he said, threading a maggot onto a hook.
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The itemized bill listed a kicked-in door, a maggot-filled refrigerator and four truckloads of trash removal.
He goes on to describe the film as "a pile of skidmarked sumo thongs," "a maggot-oozing head wound," and a "waterfall of elephant jizz cascading into theaters this weekend".
In Mr. Shepard's kitchen the stove is grimy, the floor is a receptacle, not just for artichokes, and the table is a resting place, by turns for Weston and for Ella as well as a maggot-ridden slaughtered lamb.
An 11-year-old Detroit boy sued McDonald's this week, claiming he was served a maggot-filled cheeseburger.
a Maggots emerge from dead meat (arrows).
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