Maggotless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free of maggots.

    "[…] a mixed group of about twenty-five beetles […] were left to starve from 5:00 P.M. one evening until 11:00 A.M. the next morning. A piece of maggotless carrion was then put in the cage."

Example

More examples

"[…] a mixed group of about twenty-five beetles […] were left to starve from 5:00 P.M. one evening until 11:00 A.M. the next morning. A piece of maggotless carrion was then put in the cage."

Etymology

From maggot + -less.

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