Blowflies

blow·fly (bl

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Any of several flies of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs in carcasses or carrion or in open sores and wounds.

blowfly [ˈbləʊˌflaɪ]

n pl -flies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various dipterous flies of the genus Calliphora and related genera that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, carrion, and open wounds: family Calliphoridae Also called bluebottle

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Noun

blowfly - large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds

blow fly

fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight

Calliphora, genus Calliphora - type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies

Calliphora vicina, bluebottle - blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight

greenbottle, greenbottle fly - blowfly with brilliant coppery green body

Translations

blowfly [ˈbləʊflaɪ] N → moscarda f, mosca f azul

blowfly [ˈbləʊˌflaɪ] n → moscone m della carne

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blow
blow fly
blowie
blue-arsed fly
bluebottle
Calliphora
Calliphora vicina
Eating and Drinking
fly
flyblow
genus Calliphora
genus Lucilia
greenbottle
greenbottle fly
grub
Lucilia
maggot
Mules operation

But as time goes on and the beggars and touts and scam artists swarm insistently around you like a cloud of blowflies and will not leave you alone, you end up shouting at them: "La shukran

Alas, all is not as it appears by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

The procedure, generally performed without anesthetics, guards against infestation by blowflies whose eggs hatch into flesh-eating maggots.

THE WOOL INDUSTRY GETS BLOODIED by Kerry Capell / BusinessWeek

Stopping this practice would increase the risk of lambs being attacked by blowflies and literally eaten alive by maggots.

CLA defends lamb castration and tail docking practices; Farming by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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