maggot
(noun) the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maggot (plural maggots)
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]
(derogatory) A worthless person. [from 17th c.]
(now, archaic, regional) A whimsy or fancy. [from 17th c.]
(slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
• (soft legless larva): grub
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"got, n. Etym: [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
