flyblow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

flyblow flyblows flyblowing flyblew flyblown

Etymology

From fly + blow.

Related words

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