The blowfly was her next victim, but an unexciting one. Pulling off its legs, she placed it with the hornet, and both lay side by side unprotestingly.
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Blowfly
/ˈbloʊˌflaɪ/
Synonyms for "blowfly" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
blow flyblowfly larva
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
blowfly maggotbluebottle
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related word relations
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5 entriesCalliphora vicinaCalliphora vicina larvaLucilia sericataLucilia sericata larvaPhormia regina
Collocations
6 entriesblowfly larvadecaying matterforensic entomologymaggot therapynecrotic tissuepostmortem interval
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesblowfly larva
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
What is a blow-fly? That is what I thought when I saw them: blow-flies. Is there something dead around here that has not yet begun to stink? I cannot discover where they are coming from; they just appear in the light of the lamp, attracted by the warmth, I suppose, and fly up against the bulb and then drop stunned on the table and flop about groggily until I sweep them away with my sleeve.
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