| 单词 | filth fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfilth fly filth fly n. any of various flies that feed and lay eggs on excrement or decaying organic material, and may act as transmitters of disease; esp. the house fly, Musca domestica. ΚΠ 1910 Nature-study Rev. Oct. 199 Wherever filth flies are there is filth and the likelihood of disease. 1947 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 15 July 9/1 (heading) Big filth fly suspected as polio carrier. 2002 R. D. Moon in G. Mullen & L. Durden Med. & Vet. Entomol. xiv. 300/1 The most effective way to prevent the house fly and the other filth flies from entering buildings is adult exclusion with door and window screens. < as lemmas |
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