any of various dipterous flies of the genus Calliphora and related genera that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, carrion, and open wounds: family Calliphoridae
Also called: bluebottle
blowfly in American English
(ˈbloʊˌflaɪ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈblowˌflies
any of a family (Calliphoridae) of dipterous flies that deposit eggs or maggots in carrion or meat, or in wounds or on the skin