"flesh fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flesh flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flesh fly (plural flesh flies)
  1. any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion Wikipedia link: flesh fly Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies Synonyms: flesh-fly Related terms: blowfly, blow fly Translations (carrion-eating fly): dambordvlieg [feminine] (Dutch), ruutukärpänen (Finnish), Fleischfliege [feminine] (German), cuil fheola [feminine] (Irish), mosca della carne [feminine] (Italian), Fleeschméck (Luxembourgish), tséʼédǫ́ʼii łibáhígíí (Navajo), mosca da carne [feminine] (Portuguese), muscă de carne [feminine] (Romanian), мясна́я му́ха (mjasnája múxa) [feminine] (Russian), mèsara [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mesarska muha [feminine] (Slovene), zapljȗnkarica [feminine] (Slovene), moscarda de la carne [feminine] (Spanish), köttfluga [common-gender] (Swedish), et sineği (Turkish), pryf cig [masculine] (Welsh)

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