- Sarcophaga
- nounflesh flies• Syn: ↑genus Sarcophaga• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae• Member Meronyms: ↑flesh fly, ↑Sarcophaga carnaria
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I. \\särˈkäfəgə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalizedin former classifications : an artificial division of marsupials comprising the Didelphidae and DasyuridaeII. nounUsage: capitalizedEtymology: New Latin, from feminine of Latin sarcophagus flesh-eating, from Greek sarkophagos: the type genus of Sarcophagidae comprising tyical flesh flies* * *
Sarcophaga /sär-kofˈə-gə/nounA genus of flies whose larvae feed on fleshORIGIN: Gr sarkophagos flesh-eating, from sarx, sarkos flesh, and phagein (aorist) to eat• • •sarcophˈagal adjective1. Flesh-eating2. Of or relating to sarcophagisarcophˈagous adjectiveFeeding on fleshsarcophˈagus noun (pl sarcophˈagi /-jī or -gī/ or sarcophˈaguses)1. A limestone used by the Greeks for coffins, thought to consume the flesh of corpses2. A stone coffin, esp one with carvings3. A tomb or cenotaph of similar form
Useful english dictionary. 2012.