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fly·blown

   [flahy-blohn]
adjective
1.
covered with flyblows: flyblown meat.
2.
tainted or contaminated; spoiled.
Origin:
1565–75; fly2 + blown1

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fly·blow

   [flahy-bloh] verb, -blew, -blown, -blow·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to deposit eggs or larvae on (meat or other food).
noun
2.
one of the eggs or young larvae of a blowfly, deposited on meat or other food.
Origin:
1550–60; fly2 + blow2
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flyblown (ˈflaɪˌbləʊn)
 
—adj
1.  covered with flyblows
2.  contaminated; tainted

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