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Definition of Genus calliphora
1. Noun. Type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Calliphoridae, Family Calliphoridae
Member holonyms: Blow Fly, Blowfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calliphora
Literary usage of Genus calliphora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... FLIES OF THE genus calliphora 3 The large blue bottle fly, Calliphora vomitoria
Linnaeus (plate I, fig. 1) and its near relative C. erythrocephala ..."
2. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"genus calliphora (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) To this genus belongs the
common "blue-bottle" fly, which is characterized by the metallic brilliant blue of the ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1894)
"There are two distinct but very similar looking species, belonging to the genus
Calliphora, Dsv., respecting the names of which there has been some ..."
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