blowfly
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is the larval, or maggot, stage of a metallic-looking blowfly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
While many blowfly species are attracted to it, the lure is also effective at drawing in the New World screwworm.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
"It could have been DNA from a blowfly," Holmes says.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2021
“Brother of the blowfly… no one gets to heaven without going through you first.”
From Scientific American • Dec. 20, 2012
As Phil explained to Patches while they watered their horses, the screwworm is the larva of a blowfly bred in sores on living animals.
From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell
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