apple maggot

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   larvae bore into and feed on apples

   Synonymsrailroad wormRhagoletis pomonella

   Broaderfruit fly

   Part ofRhagoletis

Questions about apple maggot

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.