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adjective
- 1. contaminated through contact with flies and their eggs and larvae: "flyblown meat"
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a. : infested with eggs or young larvae of a flesh fly or blowfly. b. : covered with flyspecks. Did you know? One meaning of blow (used mostly, it seems, by 17th century entomologists) is "to deposit eggs or larvae on"-hence the blowfly, which lays its eggs on meat or wounds.
dirty and unpleasant; full of flies. a flyblown bar. Check pronunciation: flyblown. Definition of flyblown adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. covered with flyblows 2. contaminated; tainted.... Click for more definitions.
Do not eat food that is spoiled, smells or tastes badly or is flyblown or maggoty or full of bugs.
adjective. foul and run-down and repulsive. “a flyblown bar on the edge of town”. synonyms: sordid, squalid. dirty, soiled, unclean. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. adjective. especially of reputation. “a flyblown reputation”.
Define flyblown. flyblown synonyms, flyblown pronunciation, flyblown translation, English dictionary definition of flyblown. adj. 1. Contaminated with the eggs or larvae of blowflies. 2. a. Tainted; corrupt: a flyblown reputation. b. Dirty or rundown; squalid: a flyblown bar on...
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