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verb
Flyblow  v. t.  (past flyblew; past part. flyblown; pres. part. flyblowing)  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.



adjective
Flyblown  adj.  Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. " Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Flyblown" Quotes from Famous Books



... spreader, and many dairies, and even farms, are practicing the daily distribution of manure in this way. Removal every three or four days will not be sufficient. Observations have shown that if manure becomes flyblown and the maggots attain a fairly good size before the manure is scattered on the fields, they can continue their development and will ...
— The House Fly and How to Suppress It - U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 • L. O. Howard and F. C. Bishopp



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