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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

flyblow en · NOUN

Etymology

From fly + blow.

Meanings

An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flyblows	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Hypernyms

Relateds

blowfly · flyblown

Translations (4)

de Schmeißfliegenmade (Translations) · it cacchione (Translations) · mn авгалдай (Translations) · pl jajeczko muchy (Translations)

flyblow en · VERB

Etymology

From fly + blow.

Meanings

(transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on flesh; to cause to be maggoty.
(broadly, transitive) To taint or contaminate.
- I am unwilling to believe that he designs to play tricks, and to flyblow my words, to make others distaste them. 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flyblowing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
flyblown	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
flyblew	Tense=Past		lexicographic
flyblows	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic