Maggotlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a maggot.

    "A wormlike, or else more commonly a maggotlike, creature, according to the species of the parasite, hatches from this egg […]"

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"A wormlike, or else more commonly a maggotlike, creature, according to the species of the parasite, hatches from this egg […]"

Etymology

From maggot + -like.

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