blowfly
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- noun
- /ˈbloʊflaɪ/
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mosca de la carne
- Afterward, I rubbed Bag Balm into the grooves so that blowflies wouldn't infest the sores.
- blowfly larvae
- blowfly maggots
- blowfly eggs
Examples
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"A sleek furred carcass lay low in the water, swollen grotesquely with putrescence and coated with glistening blowflies.
Fiction book (1990) -
Another hour or two and Azzie's prize specimens would be rotten meat, probably filled with blowflies.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do maggots eat the flesh of the dead, breeding new generations of blowflies and hornets?
Blog text (3) -
The courtyard adjoined the palace dungheaps, and there was a good supply of blowflies buzzing about.
Fiction book (1993) -
Blowflies swarmed over the venison, thick as fur on a beaver.
Fiction book (1994) -
The large, metallic blue blowfly landed on the decaying fruit in the garden.
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A blowfly quickly laid its eggs in the open wound on the animal.
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As summer approached, the sound of buzzing blowflies became a common occurrence around the bin.
Synonyms
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7.2
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
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6.8
A large metallic blue fly that buzzes loudly near garbage or rotten food
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A large noisy fly that often lands on food in warm weather
A common fly with a shiny green body often found near rubbish
A small shiny green fly often found near garbage or dead meat
A large fly with a shiny blue or green body often found on dead animals
A common blue blowfly that makes a loud buzzing sound and lives near dead animals or trash
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word blowfly has a helpful memory: the blow part once described a 'blown' or 'swollen' dead body, and these shiny flies often lay eggs in dead animals or wounds, so the name points to where you find them.