Maggot

//ˈmæɡət//

Synonyms for "maggot" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Noun(2 words)
blatherskitecarrion

Strong matches (62)

Verb(1 words)
demaggot

Related words (104)

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Translations

139 translations across 73 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • maaier noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εὐλή noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَغَفة noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Armenian

1 entries
  • որդ noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Atikamekw

1 entries
  • okowew noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Bahnar

1 entries
  • hrai noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • апа́рыш noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • гні́да noun (worthless person)
  • чарвя́к noun (worthless person)

Brunei Malay

2 entries
  • giuk noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • ulat noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • каприз noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • личинка noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • прищявка noun (whimsy or fancy)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လောက် noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Catalan

3 entries
  • cuc noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • saballó noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • viró noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Chepang

1 entries
  • पेः noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 空想 noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • 蛆 noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • 蠐 /蛴 noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kontronen noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Czech

3 entries
  • larva noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • červ noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • červ noun (worthless person)

Danish

1 entries
  • maddike noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gril noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • kuur noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • luim noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • made noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • muŝido noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • muŝlarvo noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vagel noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kärpäsentoukka noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • liero noun (worthless person)
  • mato noun (worthless person)
  • toukka noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

French

2 entries
  • asticot noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • larve noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Galician

3 entries
  • bichoco noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • careixa noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • sen noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მატლი noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

German

2 entries
  • Fleischmade noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • Made noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Greek

1 entries
  • σκουλήκι noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רימה noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • féreg noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • féreg noun (worthless person)
  • kukac noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • belatung noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Irish

1 entries
  • cruimh noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Italian

4 entries
  • baco noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • larva noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • verme noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • verme noun (worthless person)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ウジ noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • 蛆 noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Javanese

1 entries
  • sèt noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • خۄڈٕ کیٛۆم noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដង្កូវ noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Korean

2 entries
  • 구더기 noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • 버러지 noun (worthless person)

Latvian

1 entries
  • cirmenis noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • cerw noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Mued noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Malay

2 entries
  • belatung noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • berenga noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠶᡝᠶᡝ noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Manx

1 entries
  • crooag noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • gulpatgij noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Middle English

1 entries
  • maddok noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • авгалдай noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • хорхой noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • өт noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • nacaocuilin noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼosh noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Norman

1 entries
  • magot noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • makk noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • mark noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • makk noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • mark noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ookwe noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • سوس noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • قورت noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Paiwan

1 entries
  • tikay noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Persian

1 entries
  • کرم noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Polish

4 entries
  • czerw noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • kaprys noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • larwa noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • mada noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • capricho noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • larva noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • verme noun (worthless person)

Romanian

2 entries
  • larvă noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • vierme noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Russian

4 entries
  • блажь noun (whimsy or fancy)
  • гни́да noun (worthless person)
  • личи́нка noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • опа́рыш noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries
  • လၢၣ် noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cnothag noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • lìčīnka noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • лѝчӣнка noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cresa noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • gusano noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • gusano noun (worthless person)
  • larva noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • bilatung noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fluglarv noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • likmask noun (worthless person)
  • mask noun (worthless person)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • uod noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Thai

1 entries
  • หนอน noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kurt noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • kurtçuk noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гни́да noun (worthless person)
  • опа́риш noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • черв'я́к noun (worthless person)

Unami

1 entries
  • ukwe noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • qumursqa noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • qurt noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • giòi noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Volapük

1 entries
  • mitameit noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cynrhon noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
  • macai noun (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Get your meat right into my office, you maggot.

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What maggot bites you?

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Stop acting the maggot.

Source: tatoeba (9517772)

Scientists at Swansea University are investigating the possibility that maggot secretions may have some potent bug-fighting abilities.

Source: tatoeba (10880100)

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