maddock

发音

/ˈmædək/

词形变化

maddocks 复数 maddocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An earthworm or maggot.

    废旧

词源

From Middle English maddok, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish maddike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made (“maggot”) + -ock.

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