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A maggot is the larva of a fly.

Maggot may also refer to:

In the arts:

  • A Maggot, a novel by British author John Fowles, published in 1985
  • Maggot Brain, a 1971 album by the American funk band Funkadelic
  • The circular "maggot" pattern on Peterborough ware, a style of British Neolithic pottery
  • Maggots (Corpse Bride), a film character
  • "Maggots", a song by Screaming Jets from their 2000 album Scam

People:

  • Maggot (rapper), a member of Goldie Lookin' Chain, a satirical rap group from South Wales
  • Maggot, an enemy in the computer game Doom 3
  • Farmer Maggot, a character in the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

In science:

  • Maggot therapy, the practice of using maggots (fly larvae) to clean out dead tissue
  • Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella, or railroad worm, a pest of several fruits, mainly apples

Slang:

  • White maggot, an Australian derogatory term given to umpires in the Australian Football League
  • A fan of the metal band Slipknot
  • An inductee in the US Marine Corps
  • Maggot A degradory term used by feminists to refer to male chuvinists,mysognysts etc.

See also: Maggott, a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe

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