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A soft-bodied apodous larva, esp. of a housefly, blowfly, or other dipteran fly, typically found in decaying organic matter and formerly supposed…
The egg deposited by a fly in the flesh of an animal, or the maggot proceeding therefrom. Also collective. Rarely the action of depositing the egg.