How many syllables in maggots?

There are 2 syllables in the word maggots.

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Definition of maggots:

maggots (noun):: the limbless larva of various insects, esp. the housefly and blowfly; a soft-bodied legless grub that is the larva of a dipterous insect (such as the housefly)

Synonyms for maggots:

bees

bees in one's bonnet

caprices

cranks

fancies

fantasies

freaks

grub

humors

kinks

maggot

megrims

notions

phantasies

pictures

thoughts

vagaries

vagrancies

whims

whimseys

whimsies

worm

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