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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals;
[syn: flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flesh \Flesh\ (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc; akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fl[aum]sk.] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. [1913 Webster] Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate. [1913 Webster] 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. [1913 Webster] With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. [1913 Webster] As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. [1913 Webster] All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. [1913 Webster] 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. [1913 Webster] There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. [1913 Webster] 6. Kindred; stock; race. [1913 Webster] He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. [1913 Webster] 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. [1913 Webster] Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. [1913 Webster] After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." --John viii. 15. An arm of flesh, human strength or aid. Flesh and blood. See under Blood. Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water. Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly. Flesh meat, animal food. --Swift. Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above). Proud flesh. See under Proud. To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flesh fly n 1: fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals [syn: flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria]