maggot

• Nom désignant la larve molle et sans pattes de certaines mouches, comme la mouche domestique ou la mouche à viande, que l'on trouve généralement dans les matières organiques en décomposition.

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.

   Larve de mouche

   • 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.

   Synonymesgentlegrublarva