Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 13 compound words that contain maggot. The most common are listed below. Open maggot in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- maggot therapyA type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.
- white maggotA field umpire.
- apple maggotRhagoletis pomonella, a species of fruit fly that is a pest on apples.
- maggot cheeseSynonym of casu martzu: A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
- rat-tailed maggotThe aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube.
- seedcorn maggotSynonym of bean seed fly: Delia platura or Delia florilega, a globally distributed agricultural pest.
- fox maggotAny member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.
- maggot bagA meat pie.
- maggot bagsplural of maggot bag: A meat pie.
- maggot-pieAlternative form of maggoty-pie (“a magpie”).
- maggot-piesplural of maggot-pie: Alternative form of maggoty-pie (“a magpie”).
- onion maggotSynonym of onion fly: Delia antiqua, a cosmopolitan pest of crops, whose larvae or maggots feed on onions, garlic and other bulbous plants.
- pea-maggotThe caterpillar of a small moth, Cydia nigricana, which lays its eggs in pea pods.
- act the maggotTo play around in a foolish or annoying manner.
- acted the maggotsimple past and past participle of act the maggot
- acting the maggotpresent participle and gerund of act the maggot
- acts the maggotthird-person singular simple present indicative of act the maggot: To play around in a foolish or annoying manner.
- gag a maggotTo cause great disgust or nausea.
- red plum maggotSynonym of plum fruit moth: Grapholita funebrana, a moth of the family Tortricidae.
- maggot-patedHaving little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.
Compound words 13
- maggotyInfested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
- MagatA river in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela, Luzon, Philippines.
- maggotlessFree of maggots.
- antimaggotCountering maggots.
- demaggotTo rid (an animal) of maggots.
- maggotryAn utter absurdity; folly.
- maggotpatedAlternative form of maggot-pated: Having little sense; full of whims; capricious; maggoty.
- maggotlikeResembling a maggot.
- maggotpieAlternative form of maggoty-pie (“a magpie”).
- maggotpiesplural of maggotpie: Alternative form of maggoty-pie (“a magpie”).