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Definition of Flesh fly
1. Noun. Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals.
Generic synonyms: Fly
Group relationships: Genus Sarcophaga, Sarcophaga
Definition of Flesh fly
1. Noun. (alternative form of flesh-fly) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flesh Fly
Literary usage of Flesh fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Animal and Vegetable Parasites of the Human Body: A Manual of Their by Friedrich Küchenmeister (1857)
"The common Flesh-fly = Sarcophaga = Musca carnaria. This also occurs sometimes
in external wounds or ulcers in the human body, as it lays its eggs in which ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"Explanation of Plates /., //. and III. Fig. 1 Represents a portion of a trunk
and two branches of one of the biliary tubes of the flesh fly ..."
3. The animal creation by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... HOSES OF flesh fly. the same object; and a little consideration will show that
the expression is not exaggerated. The hungry lion can but make a meal, ..."
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