1
: a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipterous insect (such as the housefly)
2
: a fantastic or eccentric idea : whim
Examples of maggot in a Sentence
The rotten meat was infested with maggots.
the last maggot he got in his head resulted in a disastrous extramarital affair
Recent Examples on the Web
Since some Indigenous tribes from the Arctic and subarctic are known to eat maggots from putrefied meat, the researchers considered maggots a potential factor driving those isotope spikes.
—
Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
Sparky’s injuries included a broken foot, a fractured leg, a severe infection, and maggots inside his wound.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Even better, marigolds repel cabbage maggots and nematodes2 and their flowers entice predatory insects to garden beds to keep pests in line.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2025
Medflies can ruin more than 250 kinds of produce by infecting them with maggots.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maggot
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
Sparky’s injuries included a broken foot, a fractured leg, a severe infection, and maggots inside his wound.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Even better, marigolds repel cabbage maggots and nematodes2 and their flowers entice predatory insects to garden beds to keep pests in line.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2025
Medflies can ruin more than 250 kinds of produce by infecting them with maggots.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maggot
Cite this Entry
“Maggot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maggot. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
maggot
noun
mag·got
ˈmag-ət 
: a soft-bodied legless larva of a two-winged fly (as the housefly)
Medical Definition
maggot
noun
mag·got
ˈmag-ət
: a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipteran fly (as the housefly) and develops usually in decaying organic matter or as a parasite in plants or animals
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share