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Webster 1913 Edition


Sarcophaga

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Sar-coph′a-ga

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., neut. pl. See
Sarcophagus
.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.
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Sar-coph′a-ga

,
Noun.
[NL., fem. sing. See
Sarcophagus
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.