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maggotless

maggotless adjective: free of maggots.

Adjective

maggotless (comparative more maggotless, superlative most maggotless)

  1. Free of maggots.
    • […] a mixed group of about twenty-five beetles […] were left to starve from 5:00 P.M. one evening until 11:00 A.M. the next morning. A piece of maggotless carrion was then put in the cage.1927 March, Brandt F. Steele, “Notes on the feeding habits of carrion beetles”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume 35, page 78
    • Along with a basket of magnificent, almost maggotless imperial mushrooms, her cousin Lovise at the forester’s lodge sent her the requested varieties wrapped in a knotted cloth.1978, Günter Grass, “The Sixth Month”, in Ralph Manheim, transl., The Flounder, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 372

Forms of maggotless

comparativemore maggotless
superlativemost maggotless

Origin of maggotless

From maggot + -less.

Questions about maggotless

What does maggotless mean?
Maggotless means free of maggots.
What part of speech is maggotless?
Maggotless is an adjective.

Words near maggotless in the dictionary

  1. maggotier
  2. maggotiest
  3. maggotiness
  4. maggoting
  5. maggotish
  6. maggotless
  7. maggotlike
  8. maggotoria
  9. maggotorium
  10. maggotoriums
  11. maggotpated

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