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Definition: Blow Fly |
Blow FlyNoun1. Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Blow FlySynonym: blowfly (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: blue-bottle (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Blow Fly |
| Specialty definitions using "blow fly": screw worm fly, Screw Worm Infection, screwworm. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "blow fly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | bromvlieg (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly), blauwe vleesvlieg (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
French | mouche bleue de la viande (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
German | blauer Brummer (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly), blaue Schmeissfliege (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
Greek | μύγα μπλε του κρέατος (bluebottle), μύγα μπλέ του κρέατος (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
Italian | moscone azzurro (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owblay yflay.(various references) | |
Spanish | mosca azul de la carne (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
Swedish | rödkindad spyfluga (bluebottle, bluebottle blowfly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Calliphora erythrocephala. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: blowfly, flyblow. | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-l-l-o-w-y" | |
-2 letters: blowy, folly, lowly. | |
-3 letters: blow, boll, bowl, flow, fowl, wolf, yowl. | |
-4 letters: bow, boy, fly, fob, foy, lob, low, owl, yob, yow. | |
-5 letters: bo, by, lo, of, ow, oy, wo, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-l-l-o-w-y" | |
+1 letter: flyblown, flyblows. | |
+3 letters: flyblowing. | |
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