maggot
/ˈmæɡət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmæɡət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈma-gət/ (ame, mw)
maggot — noun
- maggotsingular
- maggotsplural
1. A small, soft, legless creature that hatches from fly eggs and feeds on rotting
A small, soft, legless creature that hatches from fly eggs and feeds on rotting organic matter such as dead animals, spoiled food, or compost.
A fisherman picked a live maggot from the tin and put it onto his hook.
collocation: used as bait for fishing
When Dr. Ofori cleaned the wound, he found several maggots inside the bandage.
maggots found in medical or wound context
The restaurant staff threw away the leftover meat after spotting maggots on it.
An old bag of flour at the back of the cupboard was full of tiny white maggots.
Some hospitals use sterile maggots to clean infected wounds because they eat only the dead tissue.
- adult fly
the fully developed winged stage of the same insect's life cycle
文法句型
maggot + verb (crawl/appear/feed)
find/spot + maggots
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'maggots' because these creatures normally appear in groups rather than alone. In formal biology writing, the term 'fly larva' is preferred.