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FLESH FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flesh fly mean?
• FLESH FLY (noun)
The noun FLESH FLY has 1 sense:
1. fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
Familiarity information: FLESH FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flesh fly; Sarcophaga carnaria
Hypernyms ("flesh fly" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("flesh fly" is a member of...):
genus Sarcophaga; Sarcophaga (flesh flies)
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