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Noun: blowfly  'blow,flI
  1. Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
    - blow fly, blowie [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: blowflies

Type of: fly

Part of: Calliphora, genus Calliphora

Encyclopedia: Blowfly