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flesh-eating

ADJECTIVE
carnivorous
Synonyms
Antonyms


ADJECTIVE
meat-eating
Synonyms


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A flesh-eating parasitic fly is once again threatening the nation’s livestock, after being eradicated from the U.S. six decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

It’s also because after being eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, the flesh-eating screwworm is back: A few cases have emerged in Texas.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that typically feeds on livestock, has been detected a calf in Texas—the first U.S. case in six decades.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Luke Abrahams, from East Hunsbury, Northampton, died on 23 January 2023 after also developing necrotising fasciitis, which is a type of flesh-eating disease.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

He reminded Jason a little too much of a flesh-eating ghoul he’d once fought in San Bernardino.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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