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Definition of Blowfly

1. Noun. Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.

Definition of Blowfly

1. n. Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

Definition of Blowfly

1. Noun. Any of various flies of the family ''Calliphoridae'' that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blowfly

1. a type of fly [n -FLIES]

Medical Definition of Blowfly

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Blowfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Twenty eight per cent (15) of 53 workers engaged in a sheep blowfly breeding programme designed to control genetically the pest Lucilia cuprina experienced ..."

2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The mouth-parts of the blowfly are composed almost exclusively of the thick ... The house-fly has a life-history and immature stages like the blowfly, ..."

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