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noun
An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To taint or contaminate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
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History
From fly + blow.
Across languages
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