flyblow

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flyblow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flyblow \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.
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  Flyblow \Fly"blow`\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the eggs or young larv[ae] deposited by a flesh fly,
     or blowfly.
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