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maggotless en · ADJ

Etymology

From maggot + -less.

Meanings

1. Free of maggots.
   • […] a mixed group of about twenty-five beetles […] were left to starve from 5:00 P.M. one evening until 11:00 A.M. the next morning. A piece of maggotless carrion was then put in the cage. 1927 March, Brandt F. Steele, “Notes on the feeding habits of carrion beetles”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume 35, page 78:
   • Along with a basket of magnificent, almost maggotless imperial mushrooms, her cousin Lovise at the forester’s lodge sent her the requested varieties wrapped in a knotted cloth. 1978, Günter Grass, “The Sixth Month”, in Ralph Manheim, transl., The Flounder, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 372:

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