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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
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… … Medical dictionary
