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rat-tailed maggots

rat-tailed maggots is the plural of rat-tailed maggot.

Meaning of rat-tailed maggot

Noun

rat-tailed maggot (plural rat-tailed maggots)

  1. The aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube.

Questions about rat-tailed maggots

What is rat-tailed maggots the plural of?
Rat-tailed maggots is the plural of rat-tailed maggot.

Words near rat-tailed maggots in the dictionary

  1. rat-tail radish
  2. rat-tail radishes
  3. rat-tail splice
  4. rat-tail splices
  5. rat-tailed maggot
  6. rat-tailed maggots
  7. rat-tailed pit viper
  8. rat-tailed pit vipers
  9. rat-tails
  10. rat-tat
  11. rat-tat-tat

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