verb
- past tense of 'flyblown'; to infest with fly eggs or maggots
Usage: archaic or literary; usually used in passive voice or as an adjective
Examples
- The meat flyblew within hours in the summer heat.
- The carcass was flyblew and unsuitable for consumption.
- Without proper storage, the fish would quickly flyblew.
- The butcher discarded the flyblew portions of the carcass.