maggot

🇺🇸 /ˈmæɡət/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmæɡət/
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A small creature that looks like a tiny worm, which is the baby stage of a fly. People often find them in food that is going bad and sometimes use them to fish.

When I forgot to take out the trash for a week, I found a maggot in the bin.

translation

n. A small creature that looks like a tiny worm, which is the baby stage of a fly. People often find them in food that is going bad and sometimes use them to fish.

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Plural maggots