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APPLE MAGGOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apple maggot mean?
• APPLE MAGGOT (noun)
The noun APPLE MAGGOT has 1 sense:
1. larvae bore into and feed on apples
Familiarity information: APPLE MAGGOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larvae bore into and feed on apples
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
apple maggot; railroad worm; Rhagoletis pomonella
Hypernyms ("apple maggot" is a kind of...):
fruit fly; pomace fly (any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits)
Holonyms ("apple maggot" is a member of...):
genus Rhagoletis; Rhagoletis (a genus of Trypetidae)
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