Blow Fly (Noun)
Meaning
Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The blow fly landed on the rotting carcass, its metallic blue body glistening in the sunlight.
- A swarm of blow flies buzzed around the dumpster, attracted to the putrid smell of decaying food.
- The veterinarian warned the dog's owner to watch for blow flies, which could lay eggs in the animal's open wound.
- The forensic entomologist studied the blow fly larvae found on the corpse to estimate the time of death.
- A single blow fly hovered around the pile of manure, its hairy body a stark contrast to the smooth dung.