BLOWFLY - Definition

Pronunciation:		'blow`flI
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds

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	Synonyms:	blow fly

	See Also:	bluebottle, Calliphora, Calliphora vicina, fly, genus Calliphora, greenbottle, greenbottle fly

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.