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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat;
        especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as
        distinguished from {fish}.
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              With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the
        corporeal person.
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              As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
              Were brass impregnable.               --Shak.
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     4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
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              All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
                                                    --Gen. vi. 12.
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     5. Human nature:
        (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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                  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.
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     6. Kindred; stock; race.
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              He is our brother and our flesh.      --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    27.
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     7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a
        root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blowfly \Blow"fly`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any species of fly of the genus {Musca} that deposits its
     eggs or young larv[ae] (called flyblows and maggots) upon
     meat or other animal products.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blowfly
       n : large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in
           carrion or dung or wounds [syn: {blow fly}]

















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