Blowfly

Definitions

Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.

Equivalents

Examples

“The blowfly was her next victim, but an unexciting one. Pulling off its legs, she placed it with the hornet, and both lay⟳ side by side unprotestingly.”

“What is a blow-fly? That is what I thought when I saw⟳ them: blow-flies. Is there something dead around here that has not yet begun to stink? I cannot discover⟳ where they are coming from; they just appear⟳ in the light⟳ of the lamp, attracted by the warmth, I suppose⟳, and fly⟳ up against the bulb and then drop stunned on the table and flop about groggily until I sweep⟳ them away with my sleeve.”

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