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Noun
/ˈblōˌflī/,
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blowflies, plural;
  1. A large and typically metallic-colored fly that lays its eggs on meat and carcasses


  1. large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
  2. Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are insects in the Order Diptera, family Calliphoridae. ...
  3. Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid (born February 14, 1945 in Cochran, Georgia) , who was a songwriter for many hit R&B acts in the 1960s and 1970s. ...
  4. Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds
  5. 1. a fly, especially Lucilia cuprina, introduced to Australia this century. 2. bluebottle.