rotting meat

collocation in English

meaningsofrotandmeat

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rot
noun[U]
uk
/rɒt/us
/rɑːt/
decay:
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meat
noun
uk
/miːt/us
/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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(Definition ofrotandmeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The flowers have the smell ofrottingmeat, as they are pollinated by flies.
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Goannas are also eaters of carrion and are attracted torottingmeat.
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It emits a smell ofrottingmeatto attract insect pollinators, hence the name.
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The secretion, which smells likerottingmeat, is thought to help deter predators, as well as deter parasites and possibly act as an antibacterial agent.
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The top of the fungus is covered with dark olive-brown slime or gleba, which smells ofrottingmeat.
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Most stapeliads use flies as pollinators, that are attracted to odours resembling dung orrottingmeat, emanating from the flowers.
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The flowers produce an odor similar to that ofrottingmeatto attract blowflies or carrion beetles for cross pollination.
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This second area is dark and chilly and smells ofrottingmeat.
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It reproduces the stench ofrottingmeat, attracting carrion-seeking blowflies which act as pollinators.
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Specialist carrion-feeders may even have the ability to smell out and home in onrottingmeatover hundreds of meters.
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A foul smell ofrottingmeatattracts flies and beetles to pollinate.
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Some species have an unpleasant scent similar torottingmeatand are pollinated by flies, while others have a pleasant scent.
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The gleba has a fetid odor, somewhat likerottingmeat, which attracts flies and other insects to help disperse its spores.
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Additionally, the inflorescence produced has a smell ofrottingmeat.
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Its flowers' fragrance is that ofrottingmeatthat attracts flies which pollenate them.
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It is known, however, that the species is attracted by the smell ofrottingmeatin the water.
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The cut becomes infected and starts to smell likerottingmeat.
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In an experiment, he used samples ofrottingmeatthat were either fully exposed to the air, partially exposed to the air, or not exposed to air at all.
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She even prefers hisrottingmeatsmell.
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Redi showed that both fully and partially exposedrottingmeatdeveloped fly maggots, whereas rotting meat that was not exposed to air did not develop maggots.
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