| Pronunciation: | | 'blow`flI
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds |
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BLOWFLY is a 7 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | blow fly |
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| | See Also: | | bluebottle, Calliphora, Calliphora vicina, fly, genus Calliphora, greenbottle, greenbottle fly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Blow"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of fly of the genus {Musca} that deposits its
eggs or young larv[ae] (called flyblows and maggots) upon
meat or other animal products.
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