Meaning of muck fly | Babel Free

Definitions

A fly found on, or associated with, dirt or dung.

obsolete

Examples

“[T]he naturalist […] next appealed to the patron's approbation for a curious disquisition he had made, touching the procreation of muck flies, in which he had laid down a curious method of collecting, preserving and hatching the eggs of these insects, even in the winter, by certain modifications of artificial heat.”

“Less appetizing were the hordes of green, shiny muck-flies which were to be found all over the island, even amid the thickest tussock.”

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