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    BLOWFLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    blow fly; blowfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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