BLOW FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blow fly mean? 

• BLOW FLY (noun)
  The noun BLOW FLY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BLOW FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOW FLY (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 ("blow fly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

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

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 ("blow fly" is a member of...):

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