blow fly

blow fly
1. any member of the genus Calliphora. 2. any member of the family Calliphoridae that lays its eggs on injured or decayed animal flesh and causes cutaneous myiasis; this includes most species of Calliphora and Phaenicia and some of Cochliomyia and Phormia.

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  • blow-fly — 1720, from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) + BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) in an obsolete sense to deposit eggs, to infect with eggs, in reference to to insects, apparently connected with old notions of natural history [OED] …   Etymology dictionary

  • blow fly — blow′ fly or blow′fly n. ent any of numerous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion or excrement or in wounds of living animals • Etymology: 1815–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • blow-fly — n a fly that lays its eggs on meat or wounds …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blow|fly — «BLOH FLY», noun, plural flies. any one of various two winged flies that deposit their eggs on meat or in wounds or fruit …   Useful english dictionary

  • Blow-fly — Taxobox name = Calliphoridae image caption = Pollenia rudis female regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo =… …   Wikipedia

  • Blow Fly — Baton Rouge (roman) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bâton Rouge (homonymie). Baton Rouge est un roman policier américain de Patricia Cornwell publié en 2003. Le titre original est Blow Fly. C est le douzième roman de la série qui met en scène… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals. Also, blowfly. [1815 25] * * * ▪ insect also spelled  blowfly,    any member in a family… …   Universalium

  • Blow Fly (novel) — infobox Book | name = Blow Fly title orig = translator = image caption = author = Patricia Cornwell cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Kay Scarpetta Mysteries genre = Crime novel publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons… …   Wikipedia

  • blow fly — noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds • Syn: ↑blowfly • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Hyponyms: ↑bluebottle, ↑Calliphora vicina, ↑greenbottle, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • blow-fly — noun (C) a fly that lays its eggs on meat or wounds …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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