What is the difference between larva and maggot?
larva | maggot |
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
An animal in the aforementioned stage.
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.
(obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.
* 1620 , , Women Pleased , III.iv.
As nouns the difference between larva and maggot
is that larva is an early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish while maggot is a soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.larva
English
(wikipedia larva)Noun
Usage notes
Although the plural (larvas) is somewhat common, it is regarded by some as incorrect.Anagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----maggot
English
(wikipedia maggot)Noun
(en noun)- Drop and give me fifty, maggot .
- Mr. Beveridge's Maggot , an old country dance [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4199.htm].
- Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?