Sarcophaga

[sɑ:'kɔfәgә]

Definition

(noun.) flesh flies.

Edited by Edith--From WordNet

Definition

(n. pl.) A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

(n.) A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.

Typist: Weldon

Definition

n. a genus of dipterous insects the flesh-flies: a former division of marsupials.—adjs. Sarcoph′agal flesh-devouring; Sarcoph′agous feeding on flesh.—n. Sarcoph′agy.

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