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Definition: Flesh Fly |
Flesh FlyNoun1. Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Flesh FlySynonym: Sarcophaga carnaria (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flesh Fly |
| English words defined with "flesh fly": Flesh worm, Flyblow. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eating flesh fly | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flesh fly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ذبابة اللحم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | месарка. (various references) | |
Czech | insekt (deathwatch, katydid, leaf beetle, phyllium, saw-fly, shorebug). (various references) | |
Dutch | grijze dambordvlieg. (various references) | |
Finnish | ruutukärpäset. (various references) | |
French | mouche de chair. (various references) | |
German | graue Fleischfliege. (various references) | |
Greek | σαρκοφάγος (carnivorous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szürke húslégy. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eshflay yflay.(various references) | |
Romanian | muscã de carne. (various references) | |
Russian | мясная муха (blowfly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | muva zlatara. (various references) | |
Spanish | moscón gris de la carne. (various references) | |
Swedish | spyfluga (bluebottle), köttflugor. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Sarcophaga. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-h-l-l-s-y" | |
-1 letter: fleshly. | |
-2 letters: fleshy, shelly. | |
-3 letters: fells, felly, flesh, fleys, hells, shelf, shell, yells. | |
-4 letters: effs, ells, fehs, fell, fley, hell, leys, lyes, lyse, self, sell, yell. | |
-5 letters: eff, efs, elf, ell, els, feh, fey, fly, hes, hey, ley, lye, sel, she, shy, sly, yeh, yes. | |
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