Definition of "blowfly" []

• Any of several flies of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs in carcasses or carrion or in open sores and wounds. (noun)

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• "The bovine scatology from the dems on lowering deficit, saving medicare, and lowering health care costs would make a blowfly wince."
• "And lest I forget, the worst of all pests: the Australian blowfly, an invasive introduced species."
• "If the scientist from the sci-fi gem The Fly had fused himself with an Aussie blowfly, he would have been unstoppable."