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Webster 1913 Edition


Maggot

Mag′got

,
Noun.
[W.
macai
, pl.
maceiod
,
magiod
, a worn or grub; cf.
magu
to bread.]
1.
(Zool.)
The footless larva of any fly. See
Larval
.
2.
A whim; an odd fancy.
Hudibras. Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Maggot

MAG'GOT

, n.
1.
A worm or grub; particularly, the flyworm, from the egg of the large blue or green fly. This maggot changes into a fly.
2.
A whim; an odd fancy.