BLOWFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blowfly mean? 

• BLOWFLY (noun)
  The noun BLOWFLY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BLOWFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOWFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blow fly; blowfly

Hypernyms ("blowfly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowfly"):

bluebottle; Calliphora vicina (blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight)

greenbottle; greenbottle fly (blowfly with brilliant coppery green body)

Holonyms ("blowfly" is a member of...):

Calliphora; genus Calliphora (type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies)