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   Mag·got

   /ˈmaɡət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a soft-bodied legless larva, especially that of a fly found in decaying matter: "the maggots attack the roots of the developing cabbages"
   • ▪ bait consisting of a maggot or maggots: "these sections produced a few good roach to maggot"
   • 2. a whimsical fancy. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of dialect maddock, from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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