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Maggot

Part of Speech: Noun

Senses and Usages:

1. An insect larva, typically found in decaying matter or sometimes used as bait in fishing.
• Sample Sentence 1: The smell of rotting food attracted a swarm of maggots.
• Sample Sentence 2: The fisherman used a maggot to lure the trout.
2. A whimsical or eccentric person.
• Sample Sentence 1: Robert is known as the office maggot because of his quirky ways.
• Sample Sentence 2: The circus was full of colorful characters, but the unicycling jester was the biggest maggot of them all.

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