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n.
A magpie.
n. pl.
An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.
n.
A whim; an odd fancy.
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The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
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The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
v. t.
To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
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A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.
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State of being maggoty.
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Maggoty.
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A maggot.
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Full of whims; capricious.
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Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.
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Infested with maggots.
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Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.
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