Definition of blowfly Blowfly
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What does blowfly mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: blowflies |
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| blowfly - large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds | ||
| blow fly | ||
| fly (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air | ||
| calliphora, genus calliphora type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies | ||
| calliphora vicina, bluebottle blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight | ||
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Wiktionary 
- blowfly (Noun)
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- blowfly (n.)
Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.
Part of speech
🔤- blowfly, noun, singular of blowflies.
