Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flesh-fly or blow-fly; a dipterous insect which lays its eggs on meat, on which the larvæ feed: applied to various species, especially Calliphora vomitoria and Sarcophaga carnaria. See cut under
flesh-fly .
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Examples
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The meat-fly comes first abroad just at the time when the Mayblossom breaks into bloom.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Senate, a duel in the Pra, how the Avvocato Minghini was picked up dead in Pedrocchi's -- a meat-fly in his chocolate!
The Fool Errant Maurice Hewlett 1892
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The meat-fly, house-fly, and horse-fly made themselves promiscuous in every portion of the spray, and what with the rainbow-eyed and ruby-eyed flies, black and silver-banded flower-flies, and other tiny, restless, iridescent atoms of the fly fraternity, the family of _Musca_ was well represented at the feast.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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