FLESH FLY

Meaning of FLESH FLY in English

any fly of the family Sarcophagidae, comprising species that deposit their eggs or larvae in carrion or in the flesh of living animals.

[ 1275-1325; ME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FLESH FLY — noun Date: 14th century a dipteran fly whose maggots feed on flesh
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLESH FLY — noun Etymology: Middle English flesh-flie, from flesh + flie fly : any of numerous flies (superfamily Muscoidea) whose maggots feed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLESH FLY — n. fly whose larvae eat the flesh of living or dead animals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLESH FLY — Date: 14th century : a dipteran fly whose maggots feed on flesh ; especially : any of a family (Sarcophagidae) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLESH FLY — Function: noun Date: 14th century : a dipteran fly whose maggots feed on flesh especially : any of a family …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLESH FLY — ■ noun a fly that breeds in carrion. [Family Sarcophagidae: many species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLESH FLY — [flesh fly] n (14c): a dipteran fly whose maggots feed on flesh; esp: any of a family (Sarcophagidae) of flies …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLESH FLY — a member of any species of the insect family Sarcophagidae (order Diptera) characterized by blackish stripes on the gray thorax …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLESH-FLY — сущ. мясная муха (энтомология) мясная муха (Sarcophaga) flesh-fly мясная муха
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLESH-FLY — Мясные мухи
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FLESH-FLY — n энт. мясная муха ( Sarcophaga )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLESH-FLY — сущ.мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLESH FLY — (n) мясная муха
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FLESH-FLY — n энт. мясная муха ( Sarcophaga )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FLESH-FLY — n энт. мясная муха ( Sarcophaga )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLESH FLY — n. мясная муха
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FLESH FLY — n. мясная муха
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FLESH-FLY — сущ. мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLESH-FLY — сущ. мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLESH-FLY — _n. мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FLESH-FLY — n. мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FLESH-FLY — мясная муха
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FLESH FLY — серая мясная муха
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
FLESH-FLY — _n. мясная муха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FLESH-FLY — сущ. мясная муха (энтомология) мясная муха (Sarcophaga) flesh-fly мясная муха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — — fleshless , adj. /flesh/ , n. 1. the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — v. pierce flesh with a weapon; remove flesh from skin; excite to kill; inure to bloodshed; fatten
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High German fleisk flesh and perhaps to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY
Webster English vocab
FLESH — noun human nature. 2. flesh ·noun kindred; stock; race. 3. flesh ·noun the human eace; mankind; humanity. 4. flesh ·noun …
Webster English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLESH — [flesh] n [ME, fr. OE flaesc; akin to OHG fleisk flesh and perh. to ON fla to flay--more at flay] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLESH — flesh BrE AmE fleʃ ▷ fleshed fleʃt ▷ fleshes ˈfleʃ ɪz -əz ▷ fleshing ˈfleʃ ɪŋ ▶ ˈ flesh wound …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — / fleʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the soft substance between the skin and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLESH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLESH — n. & v. n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1. a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — ( fleshes, fleshing, fleshed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLESH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flesh wound (= one that does not injure bones or parts inside the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLESH
Cambridge English vocab
FLESH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
Slang English vocab
FLESH — noun 1 soft part of sb's body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm , smooth , soft , tender ▪ pale , pink …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLESH — n. 25B6; noun you need more flesh on your bones : MUSCLE, meat, tissue, brawn; informal beef. she carries too …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLESH — n. 1 meat; tissue, muscle We ate the flesh and threw away the fat, bones, and skin 2 body, corporeality, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
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FLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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