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Thesaurus: flyblow

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
  3. 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. One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
  4. To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause tobe maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp.Srillingfleet.
  5. 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. n. One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.