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SARCOPHAGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarcophaga mean?
• SARCOPHAGA (noun)
The noun SARCOPHAGA has 1 sense:
1. flesh flies
Familiarity information: SARCOPHAGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flesh flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sarcophaga; Sarcophaga
Hypernyms ("Sarcophaga" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Sarcophaga"):
flesh fly; Sarcophaga carnaria (fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals)
Holonyms ("Sarcophaga" is a member of...):
Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)
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