Maggot \Mag"got\, n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

2. A whim; an odd fancy. --Hudibras. Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)