maggot
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It is the larval, or maggot, stage of a metallic-looking blowfly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
Also on this fractured fairy tale’s jampacked menu are human-sized animal costumes, arcade graphics, pratfalls, pole dancing, adorable maggot puppets, Rube Goldberg designs, expressionist sequences and even a bar brawl with rodents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
This enzyme protects the maggot from infections, protecting us in the process.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
Other major pests the program has monitored this year include the apple maggot, Japanese beetle and spongy moth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Her flesh was maggot white; wrapped in the violet tokar, she looked like a prune gone to mold.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“Beauty of the Beasts” explains that even now, in our era of antibiotics, wound cleaning by maggots is typically the safest, most effective therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The report, seen by the BBC, said: "There were signs of decomposition present... maggots were seen crawling on his body."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Once the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow into flesh in a corkscrew motion, which is how the insect got its name.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
Toilets crawling with rats, maggots and flies became so noxious that neighbors began defecating on the surrounding dirt roads.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
I scrape away the maggots When they crawl across the cheese.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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