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GENUS SARCOPHAGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sarcophaga mean? 

GENUS SARCOPHAGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SARCOPHAGA has 1 sense:

1. flesh fliesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS SARCOPHAGA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SARCOPHAGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sarcophaga; Sarcophaga

Hypernyms ("genus Sarcophaga" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sarcophaga"):

flesh fly; Sarcophaga carnaria (fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals)

Holonyms ("genus Sarcophaga" is a member of...):

Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)


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