What does apple maggot mean?

apple maggot means "larvae bore into and feed on apples".

What is another word for apple maggot?

Close synonyms include railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apple maggot a common word?

apple maggot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Apple maggot — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
larvae bore into and feed on apples
Synonymsrailroad worm Rhagoletis pomonella
Broaderfruit fly
Part ofRhagoletis

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What does apple maggot mean?: apple maggot means "larvae bore into and feed on apples".
What is another word for apple maggot?

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