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Blowfly

🔄 Synonyms of "Blowfly"

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Word	Definition
blow flynoun	Alternative form of blowfly. [Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.]

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Word	Definition
blow flynoun	Alternative form of blowfly. [Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.]
maggotsnoun	A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
flyblownoun	An egg laid by a fly in animal flesh; a maggot hatched from such an egg.
meat flynoun	blowfly
bee flynoun	Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.
bottleflynoun	A blowfly.
botflynoun	One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
bat flynoun	Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.
flesh flynoun	any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion
forest flynoun	A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
fleshflynoun	Alternative spelling of flesh fly. [any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion]
flesh-flynoun	Alternative form of flesh fly. [any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that feed on carrion]
moth flynoun	A fly of the subfamily Psychodinae of the nematoceran family Psychodidae.
blind-flynoun	(uncountable) The game of blind man's buff
bush flynoun	(Australia) A blow fly of the family Calliphoridae.
calliphoridnoun	(entomology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.
bot flynoun	Alternative form of botfly. [One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.]
fruit flynoun	Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
sewer flynoun	Any of the family Psychodidae of true flies, sometimes found in plumbing drains and sewage systems.
awl-flynoun	Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.