MAGGOT

maggot. Maggot, n. a small worm, grub, whim, odd fancy

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Mag″got (?), n. [[W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.]] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
2. 2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.