Meanings
nounflesh fly (plural flesh flies)
plural flesh flies · alternative flesh-fly
- Any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
Similar
Sarcophaga carnaria
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech masařka
- masařkacarrion-eating fly
Dutch dambordvlieg
- dambordvliegcarrion-eating fly
Finnish ruutukärpänen
- ruutukärpänencarrion-eating fly
German Fleischfliege
- Fleischfliegecarrion-eating fly
Irish cuil fheola
- cuil fheolacarrion-eating fly
Italian mosca della carne
- mosca della carnecarrion-eating fly
Polish ścierwica
- ścierwicacarrion-eating fly
Portuguese mosca da carne
- mosca da carnecarrion-eating fly
Romanian muscă de carne
- muscă de carnecarrion-eating fly
Russian мясна́я му́ха
- мясна́я му́ха (mjasnája múxa)carrion-eating fly
Spanish moscarda de la carne
- moscarda de la carnecarrion-eating fly
Swedish köttfluga
- köttflugacarrion-eating fly
Turkish et sineği
- et sineğicarrion-eating fly
Welsh pryf cig
- pryf cigcarrion-eating fly
Cite this entry
APA
flesh fly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20fly
MLA
“flesh fly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20fly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flesh fly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20fly.
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