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blowfly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blowfly has 1 sense
- blowfly(n = noun.animal) blow fly - large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds; Array is a kind of fly
is a member of calliphora, genus calliphora
has particulars: bluebottle, calliphora vicina, greenbottle, greenbottle fly
CIDE DICTIONARY
blowfly, n.
Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products. [1913 Webster]
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