noun
Meaning 1
any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
flesh fly
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noun
Meaning 2
fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sarcophaga carnaria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fly
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: masařka — carrion-eating fly
- Dutch: dambordvlieg — carrion-eating fly
- Finnish: ruutukärpänen — carrion-eating fly
- German: Fleischfliege — carrion-eating fly
- Irish: cuil fheola — carrion-eating fly
- Italian: mosca della carne — carrion-eating fly
- Luxembourgish: Fleeschméck — carrion-eating fly
- Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii łibáhígíí — carrion-eating fly
- Polish: ścierwica — carrion-eating fly
- Portuguese: mosca da carne — carrion-eating fly
- Romanian: muscă de carne — carrion-eating fly
- Russian: мясна́я му́ха (mjasnája múxa) — carrion-eating fly
- Serbo-Croatian: mèsara — carrion-eating fly
- Slovene: mesarska muha — carrion-eating fly
- Slovene: zapljȗnkarica — carrion-eating fly
- Spanish: moscarda de la carne — carrion-eating fly
- Swedish: köttfluga — carrion-eating fly
- Turkish: et sineği — carrion-eating fly
- Welsh: pryf cig — carrion-eating fly