Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
fly-blown
English answer:
covered with flies
Added to glossary by
Henrique Serra
Jun 12, 2003 13:46
21 yrs ago
English term
fly-blown
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
We had dodged chickens in third-world villages with bloated fly-blown corpses of dogs strewn on the side of the road.
Any ideas what fly-blown might be? Does it make sense?
Any ideas what fly-blown might be? Does it make sense?
Responses
| 5 +9 | covered with flies |
Henrique Serra
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| 4 +8 | contaminated |
Kim Metzger
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| 5 +5 | Fly-bloated |
Christopher Crockett
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Responses
+9
6 mins
Henrique Serra
United States
United States
United States
Go with the Pro (also an Agronomist)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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61
Selected
covered with flies
A few hours after death, insects such as flies perceive the odors emanated by corpses and will try to lay their eggs on the "substrate". This is why we see flies hovering an abandoned dead body (or piece of meat, for that matter).
HTH
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Note added at 2003-06-12 13:54:41 (GMT)
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Ref.: several years attending entomology courses... ;)
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be careful not to lose the impact of the original; you have to mention the flies somehow, yuky as it is...
HTH
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Note added at 2003-06-12 13:54:41 (GMT)
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Ref.: several years attending entomology courses... ;)
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Note added at 2003-06-12 14:00:12 (GMT)
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be careful not to lose the impact of the original; you have to mention the flies somehow, yuky as it is...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone, it was really tough to pick the most helpful answer-- I wish I could reward the points to each of you."
+8
3 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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2249
contaminated
Flyblown = contaminated by contact with flies and their eggs and larvae
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Marie Scarano
: yuk, but it's true
2 mins
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| agree |
Sara Noss
5 mins
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| agree |
Christopher Crockett
: Yes, but beyond that, I think.
35 mins
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DGK T-I
1 hr
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| agree |
Fuad Yahya
: Mostly seen it as one word.
1 hr
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| agree |
Bin Zhang
4 hrs
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Alaa Zeineldine
4 hrs
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J. Leo (X)
6 hrs
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+5
37 mins
Christopher Crockett
Native in English
&
English
M.A., Ph.D. Historian/Art Historian
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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128
Fly-bloated
"Bloated" in the sense of "Of the body, face, etc.: Swollen, puffed up, turgid....Swollen, inflated, crammed"
Kim has the sense of it, but we might go a bit further, as there is a relationship between "fly-blown" and "blow-flies", the latter being "A recent popular name of the Flesh-fly", with these usages (from the OED) :
1821 T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa xiv. 201 The green blow-flies, attracted by the meat brought to our camp, exceeded everything that can be conceived.
1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 500/2 Linnæus said..that a blowfly would consume the carcase of a horse faster than a lion.
Yes, "contaminated", but actually beyond that, being so full of flies that the carcass is, literally, bloated with them.
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\"Blow-fly infested\" would also get the idea across, I suppose.
Kim has the sense of it, but we might go a bit further, as there is a relationship between "fly-blown" and "blow-flies", the latter being "A recent popular name of the Flesh-fly", with these usages (from the OED) :
1821 T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa xiv. 201 The green blow-flies, attracted by the meat brought to our camp, exceeded everything that can be conceived.
1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 500/2 Linnæus said..that a blowfly would consume the carcase of a horse faster than a lion.
Yes, "contaminated", but actually beyond that, being so full of flies that the carcass is, literally, bloated with them.
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\"Blow-fly infested\" would also get the idea across, I suppose.
Peer comment(s):
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DGK T-I
33 mins
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Thanks, Giuli.
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pcovs
: That's how I picture it - though I wish I couldn't! YUK!!!
42 mins
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Well, it's not the picture, but rather the aroma that you really want to avoid. Stay *Upwind* ! Thanks, PCovs.
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Ino66 (X)
2 hrs
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Thanks, Ino.
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Bin Zhang
4 hrs
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Thanks, Bin Zhang.
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J. Leo (X)
6 hrs
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Thanks, James. Yep, it's more than a question of just being "covered with flies."
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