blowflies

Variant of blowfly

blowfly definition

blow·fly (-flī′)

noun pl. blowflies -·flies′

any of a family (Calliphoridae) of dipterous flies that deposit eggs or maggots in carrion or meat, or in wounds or on the skin

Etymology: blow () + fly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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