EGAVE

flyblow

Meaning

  1. noun An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.
  2. verb To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
  3. verb To taint or contaminate.

Similar words

blowfly blow fly meat fly bottlefly blowie botfly bee fly flesh fly fleshfly flesh-fly

Word family

flyblew flyblowing flyblown flyblows

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