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SARCOPHAGA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh flies

Synonyms:

genus Sarcophaga; Sarcophaga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sarcophaga" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sarcophaga"):

flesh fly; Sarcophaga carnaria (fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals)

Holonyms ("Sarcophaga" is a member of...):

Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)

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