apple maggot

noun

railroad worm.

Origin of apple maggot

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby apple maggot

apple green, apple grunt, apple islander, apple isle, apple jelly nodules, apple maggot, apple of discord, apple of one's eye, apple of peru, apple pandowdy, apple polisher

British Dictionary definitions for apple maggot

apple maggot

noun

a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, the larvae of which bore into and feed on the fruit of apple trees: family Trypetidae