Definizione monolingua

maggot

maggot (plural maggots)

1. A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
2. A term of insult for a worthless person, as if a bug.

   Drop and give me fifty, maggot.

3. (obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.

   Mr. Beveridges Maggot, an old country dance [1].

   • 1620, John Fletcher, Women Pleased, III.iv.

     Are you not mad, my friend? What time o th moon ist? / Have not you maggots in your brain?

Definizione dizionario maggot

larva

verme

baco

capriccio

idea fissa

Altri significati:

worthless person

dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing flesh

(obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.

The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.

A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.