Blowfly (Noun)
Meaning
Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The veterinarian took precautions to avoid attracting blowflies to the open wound on the horse's leg.
- Blowflies were swarming around the dead raccoon on the side of the road.
- Entomologists often use blowflies as an example of a characteristic carrion insect.
- When a blowfly lands on a potential host, it vomits saliva to break down the tissue and begin its feeding process.
- Forensic entomologists can determine the post-mortem interval by studying the life cycle of blowflies found on a human body.