What does flyblow mean?
Definitions for flyblow
ˈflaɪˌbloʊfly·blow
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flyblownoun
The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Flyblowverb
To taint with flies; to fill with maggots.
Etymology: fly and blow.
I cannot discern any labyrinth, unless in the perplexity of his own thoughts; for I am unwilling to believe that he doth it with a design to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them. Edward Stillingfleet.
Like a flyblown cake of tallow;
Or, on parchment, ink turn’d yellow. Jonathan Swift.So morning insects, that in muck begun,
Shine, buz, and flyblow in the setting sun. Alexander Pope, Epistles.
Webster Dictionary
Flyblowverb
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
Flyblownoun
one of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flyblow in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flyblow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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