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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fleshflynoun

    A fly that feeds upon flesh, and deposites her eggs in it.

    Etymology: flesh and fly.

    I would no more endure
    This wooden slavery, than I would suffer
    The fleshfly blow my mouth. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    It is a wonderful thing in fleshflies, that a fly-maggot, in five days space after it is hatched, arrives at its full growth and perfect magnitude. John Ray, on the Creation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fleshfly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fleshfly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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