MAGGOT Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word maggot. (close relations)
Definition of MAGGOT
maggots
Best Alternative Words for MAGGOT
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| grub | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • informal terms for a meal • a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects verb • ask for and get free; be a parasite • search about busily | ||||||||
| caterpillar | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth • a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | ||||||||
| larva | nounn | |||||||
noun • the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | ||||||||
| worm | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect • a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network • screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack verb • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | ||||||||
