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maggot Definition

mag·got (magət)

noun

  1. a wormlike insect larva, as the legless larva of the housefly: often found in decaying matter
  2. an odd notion; whim

Etymology: ME magotte, prob. < earlier mathek, flesh worm < ON mathkr or OE matha, a worm, maggot: see mawkish

maggot Related Forms
mag·goty adjective
maggot Synonyms

maggot

n.

grub, slug, larva; see worm 1.

maggot Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • hook: I will use the dead maggots on the hook from time to time too.

Converse of object

  • fish: Pete float fished single red maggot 2 rod out catching all his fish just on bottom.
  • feed: Fishing a 9m pole to open water, Tom fished corn on the hook feeding red maggot.
  • spray: I put my lead upstream, sat back and started spraying maggots and pellet at a steady rate.
  • kill: Birds and / or frost may well eat / kill any residual maggots.

Adjective modifier

  • red: Double red maggot on the feeder doing the business!
  • double: Double red maggot on the feeder doing the business!
  • dead: I will use the dead maggots on the hook from time to time too.
  • white: They were caught from peg seven using four white maggots on a size 14 hook tied to 6lb hook length on the feeder method.
  • single: Baits are now very much smaller with single maggot or caster working well, punch bread is also worth a go!

Modifies a noun

  • hookbait: However, although he caught some Roach they were often beaten to his colored maggot hookbait by Perch.
  • infestation: Maggots We advise you to protect your rabbit from the misery of a maggot infestation!
  • feeder: The answer was to come up with the idea of a maggot feeder combined with a float.
  • bait: His catch fell to maggot baits on a pole rig.
  • hook: Steve used a pole rig with a 3lb bottom and maggot hook baited for his winning total.
  • therapy: A bigger follow-up UK trial on the efficacy of maggot therapy is currently waiting Medical Research Council funding approval.

Noun used with modifier

  • bronze: Midland Angler Top Tip The Severn still responds to bronze maggots.
  • apple: But you can probably get close if your orchard hygiene is impeccable and if you use traps for coddling moths and apple maggots.
  • fishing: Andy caught most of his fish on the feeder, using worm with a few fish also taken on the float fishing maggot.
  • root: Doing so will increase the risk of root maggot.
maggot Quotes

L'homme est bien insense¤  . Il ne s c° auroit forger un ciron, et forge des Dieux a'   douzaines. Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to make a maggot, and he makes Gods by the dozen.

—Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de

A maggot must be born i'the rotten cheese to like it.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

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