Definition of Sarcophaga

1. Noun. Flesh flies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sarcophaga
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Calliphoridae, Family Calliphoridae
Member holonyms: Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga Carnaria

Definition of Sarcophaga

1. n. pl. A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

2. n. A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.

Medical Definition of Sarcophaga

1. A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums. Origin: NL, neut. Pl. See Sarcophagus. A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies. Origin: NL, frm. Sing. See Sarcophagus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcophaga

sarcomata
sarcomatic
sarcomatoid
sarcomatoid carcinoma
sarcomatoses
sarcomatosis
sarcomatous
sarcomere
sarcomeres
sarcomeric
sarconeme
sarconet
sarconets
sarcopenia
sarcopenias
sarcophaga (current term)
sarcophagal
sarcophagan
sarcophagans
sarcophagi
sarcophagine synthetase
sarcophagous
sarcophagus
sarcophaguses
sarcophaguslike
sarcophagy
sarcophile
sarcophiles
sarcoplasm
sarcoplasmic

Literary usage of Sarcophaga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"Two Dipterous species are worthy of note, viz., a flesh-fl] (sarcophaga lineata Fall ... Of the sarcophaga, Mr. Calvert remarks : " I beg leave to call your ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"records several cases of myiasis due to sarcophaga (vit/e Trans. Soc. Trap. ... [This and other species of sarcophaga are called "yaw flies" in Dominica, ..."

3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"This species which is more familiarly known as Eristalis aeneus was also collected by Dr. Fr. Dahl in 1892. SARCOPHAGIDAE. sarcophaga ..."

4. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"1916, "sarcophaga and Allies", p. 214. Dr. Aldrich says that North American ... sarcophaga sinuata Meig. Corvallis, V-30. Europe and North America. ..."

5. Alfalfa, Grasshoppers, Bees: Their Relationship: A Report of the Field-work by Samuel John Hunter, A. H. Duff (1899)
"The material from which sarcophaga hunteri was bred was taken on September 1, 1898. Three of these dipterous larvae pupated on the 3d, one on the 6th, ..."

6. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1907)
"Riley mentions the case of larvae of a sarcophaga in a tumour in the back of a woman (21). ... sarcophaga ..."

7. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"143. * sarcophaga occidentalis Aid. Vancouver, BC, July 27, 1907, (KV Harvey); sarcophaga and Allies in North America, p. 198. * sarcophaga tuberosa ..."

8. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"This, the common blue-bottle or flesh-fly, sarcophaga occasionally lays its grubs in old ulcers, CARNARIA. which then have the appearance of "living," that ..."

9. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"Two Dipterous species are worthy of note, viz., a flesh-fl] (sarcophaga lineata Fall ... Of the sarcophaga, Mr. Calvert remarks : " I beg leave to call your ..."

10. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"records several cases of myiasis due to sarcophaga (vit/e Trans. Soc. Trap. ... [This and other species of sarcophaga are called "yaw flies" in Dominica, ..."

11. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"This species which is more familiarly known as Eristalis aeneus was also collected by Dr. Fr. Dahl in 1892. SARCOPHAGIDAE. sarcophaga ..."

12. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"1916, "sarcophaga and Allies", p. 214. Dr. Aldrich says that North American ... sarcophaga sinuata Meig. Corvallis, V-30. Europe and North America. ..."

13. Alfalfa, Grasshoppers, Bees: Their Relationship: A Report of the Field-work by Samuel John Hunter, A. H. Duff (1899)
"The material from which sarcophaga hunteri was bred was taken on September 1, 1898. Three of these dipterous larvae pupated on the 3d, one on the 6th, ..."

14. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1907)
"Riley mentions the case of larvae of a sarcophaga in a tumour in the back of a woman (21). ... sarcophaga ..."

15. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"143. * sarcophaga occidentalis Aid. Vancouver, BC, July 27, 1907, (KV Harvey); sarcophaga and Allies in North America, p. 198. * sarcophaga tuberosa ..."

16. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"This, the common blue-bottle or flesh-fly, sarcophaga occasionally lays its grubs in old ulcers, CARNARIA. which then have the appearance of "living," that ..."

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