maggot

  • 91cabbage maggot — noun : a small white maggot (Hylemya brassicae) that feeds in the roots and stems of cabbage and other cruciferous plants and becomes as an adult a grayish fly resembling a small housefly …

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  • 92corn maggot — noun 1. : seed corn maggot 2. : the larva of the gout fly …

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  • 93lupine maggot — noun : the maggot of a two winged fly (Hylemya lupini) that develops in and damages the stem of lupines especially in the southeastern United States …

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  • 94onion maggot — noun : the larva of the onion fly * * * onion maggot, the larva of an onion fly …

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  • 95pepper maggot — noun : a maggot that is the larva of a trypetid fly (Zonostemata electa) and that infests pepper plants in various parts of the United States …

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  • 96root maggot — noun : a legless grub that is the larva of any of numerous insects (as the cabbage fly) and that feeds in roots * * * root maggot, one of several species of dipterous larvae which affect the roots of vegetables and other plants …

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  • 97seed-corn maggot — noun : a small yellowish grub with a pointed head that is the larva of a grayish brown two winged fly (Hylemya platura), is native to Europe but now widely distributed in No. America, and is typically a destructive borer in seeds and seedlings… …

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  • 98skin maggot — noun : a maggot that is the larva of the tumbu fly …

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  • 99wheat maggot — noun : a maggot that is the larva of a wheat fly and especially of a wheat midge …

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  • 100wheat stem maggot — noun : a maggot that is the larva of a small pale yellow black striped fly (Meromyza americana) of the family Chloropidae and that bores in the stems of wheat and other cereals …

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