blowfly Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Blow"fly` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

Webster 1913