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maggot

mag.got \'mag-*t\ \-e-\ n [ME mathek, magotte, of Scand origin; akin to ON 
   mathkr maggo]t; akin to OE matha maggot 1: a soft-bodied legless grub that 
   is the larva of a dipterous insect (as t he housefly) 2: a fantastic or 
   eccentric idea : WHIM  - mag.goty aj