red maggot
noun
1The minute reddish larva of a wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana or Contarinia tritici (now rare ).
2 Angling a maggot dyed red and used as bait.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in William Derham (1657–1735), Church of England clergyman and natural philosopher.
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