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• n  the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

• Only MacColl could have found a lovely way to sing the gloriously nasty lyrics ("You scumbag, you maggotYou cheap lousy faggotHappy Christmas, your arseI thank God it's our .
• I'm thrilled to no end that this maggot is out of Congress.
• Fly maggots eat dead tissue and germs, but do not touch live flesh.

News & Articles

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• Tales of triumph over terror win top children's UK book awards
  LONDON (Reuters) - The stories of a dyslexic hero and a little girl who overcomes her family's fear of a stray dog won two of Britain's most coveted children's literature prizes on Wednesday. "Maggot Moon" by Sally Gardner outshone Booker prize-winner Roddy Doyle to win the Carnegie medal for a book starring dyslexic hero Standish, who takes on a sinister dictatorship while friends and family ...
  June 19, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Sylvester Stallone in Kansas City Star
  I witnessed the aftermath - survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land-mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off,Stallone said. "This is a hellhole beyond your wildest dreams."