Flyblow

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:42:55

Fly"blow` (?), v. t.

To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.

Bp. Srillingfleet.

 

© Webster 1913.


Fly"blow`, n. Zool.

One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

 

© Webster 1913.

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