"flyblow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flyblows [plural]
Etymology: fly + blow Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|blow}} fly + blow Head templates: {{en-noun}} flyblow (plural flyblows)
  1. The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat. Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies Hypernyms: maggot Related terms: flyblown [adjective], flyspeck Translations (Translations): Schmeißfliegenmade [feminine] (German), cacchione [masculine] (Italian), авгалдай (avgaldaj) (Mongolian)
    Sense id: en-flyblow-en-noun-PalEUi-S Disambiguation of Oestroid flies: 56 29 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 29 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 31 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 31 12

Verb

Forms: flyblows [present, singular, third-person], flyblowing [participle, present], flyblew [past], flyblown [participle, past]
Etymology: fly + blow Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|blow}} fly + blow Head templates: {{en-verb|flyblows|flyblowing|flyblew|flyblown}} flyblow (third-person singular simple present flyblows, present participle flyblowing, simple past flyblew, past participle flyblown)
  1. (transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flyblow-en-verb-NIw0J-oW
  2. (transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-flyblow-en-verb-~-jGF8aE

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flyblow meaning in English (3.4kB)

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