0 a creature like a very small worm that is found in decaying meat and other foods and later develops into a fly --
1 a creature like a very small worm (= an animal with a soft body and no arms or legs) that later develops into a flying insect --
The condition caused by the attack of the sheep maggot-fly is not a notifiable disease, and no statistics are, therefore, available.
The maggots hatch, and unless the sheep are properly treated the maggots eat their way into its body and then it dies.
Many of these coarse fishermen, if they may be so described, rely on maggots.
The people who conduct this industry have assured me that these maggots can be bred and fed only on raw meat.
I must explain that maggots are deliberately bred by millions and tens of millions to be used as bait for coarse fishermen.
Such animals cannot eat or drink, and are infested with maggots.
This was not riddled with maggots, and after being washed and smoked was pronounced by a meat inspector to be perfectly fit for human consumption.
There is no sight more pitiful or tragic than a deer with gangrenous wounds, often with maggots in them.
