maggot

• اسم يشير إلى اليرقة العديمة الأرجل وطرية الجسم التي تفقس من بيض الذباب، مثل الذبابة المنزلية أو ذبابة اللحم، وتعيش عادة في المواد العضوية المتحللة.

A noun referring to the soft-bodied, legless larva of flies such as the housefly or blowfly, typically found in decaying organic matter.

1. Fly larvaB2formal

   The soft-bodied, legless larva of a housefly or blowfly, typically found in decaying organic matter such as garbage or dead animals.

   يرقة الذباب

   • The compost bin was infested with maggots.
   • Maggots are often used in forensic science to estimate time of death.
   • The rotting meat attracted flies, which laid eggs that hatched into maggots.

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