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APPLE MAGGOT

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• APPLE MAGGOT (noun)

Sense 1

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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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