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blow-fly
blow-fly (ˈbləʊflaɪ) [f. blow v.1 28 + fly.] a. A recent popular name of the Flesh-fly.1821 T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa xiv. 201 The green blow-flies, attracted by the meat brought to our camp, exceeded everything that can be conceived. 1852 T. Harris Insects New Eng. 490 Various kinds of flesh-flies, ...
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Blow Fly (novel)
In Szczecin, Poland, Lucy and a colleague apparently commit a premeditated murder, using blow-fly larvae to alter the perceived time of death.
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Blow fly | Life Cycle, Habitat & Diet | Britannica
blow fly, (family Calliphoridae), any member in a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are metallic blue, green, or black in colour and are noisy in flight.With an average size of 8-10 mm (0.3-0.4 inch), they are slightly larger than houseflies but resemble them in habits. Among the important members of this group are the screwworm, bluebottle fly, greenbottle fly, and cluster ...
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flesh-fly
ˈflesh-fly 1. A fly which deposits its eggs (or, if viviparous, its larvæ) in dead flesh; a blow-fly (as Musca vomitoria or Sarcophaga carnaria). Used by Wyclif to render L. cynomyia.a 1300 Cursor M. 5956 Hungri flies..To fless-flies þai war likest. 1388 Wyclif Ps. lxxvii. 45 He sente a fleisch flie...
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Brummer (ship)
Several naval ships of Germany were named Brummer after the blow-fly:
: an armoured gunboat
(1915): a 4,400-ton mine-laying cruiser
: an auxiliary
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yellow-bottle
ˈyellow-ˌbottle 1. [cf. bluebottle 1, bottle n.4] The marigold (obs.); also the corn-marigold (dial.).c 1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 112 Menelaca, gall. gounde, anglice yellebotel [v.r. yelebothel]. 1847 Halliwell, Yellow-bottle, corn marigold. Kent. 2. nonce-use [after bluebottle 3]. (See quot.)1898...
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Calliphora augur
Calliphora augur, known as the lesser brown blowfly or bluebodied blowfly, is a species of blow-fly that is native to Australia. It lays living maggots (Viviparous), unlike most blow-fly species which lay eggs.
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blote
▪ I. † blote, blot Obs. [? Connected with blow in blow-fly, fly-blown. (The sense can hardly be explained from OE. blát ‘livid, pale’, to which the form answers.)] The egg or larva of flies and other insects.1657 S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 44 The Kings [i.e. queen-bees] do at certain seasons cast f...
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Sheep dip
and fungicide which shepherds and farmers use to protect their sheep from infestation against external parasites such as itch mite (Psoroptes ovis), blow-fly
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Joyce Laing
On the Ptilinum of the Blow-fly (Calliphora erythrocephala). Journal of cell science, s2-77 (308): 497–521.
Laing, J. (1937).
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over-generalize
over-ˈgeneralize, v. [over- 27.] intr. To draw general conclusions from inadequate data; to argue more widely than is justified by the available evidence, by circumstances, etc. Also trans., to draw an over-general conclusion from (data, circumstances, etc.). Hence ˌover-generaliˈzation; over-ˈgener...
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Congo floor maggot
The Congo floor maggot (Auchmeromyia senegalensis) is a species of blow-fly that is native to sub Saharan Africa and the Cape Verde Islands.
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丽蝇 - 病虫害防治 - 安蔚优 - Envu
丽蝇外表一般都呈金属色,长约10-12毫米。 体形比普通家蝇稍大,但具有一些相似之处。常见的丽蝇包括:丽蝇属、金蝇属、绿蝇属。 丽蝇遍及整个中国,而多数在全球各地均有分布。 丽蝇能够为寻找完美的产卵地飞行数英里,然后停靠在产卵地产卵数批。
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خوتعيات
ويأتي اسم الذبابة الزرقاء الكبيرة (blow-fly) من المصطلح الإنجليزي القديم المستخدم للإشارة إلى اللحم الذي يوضع عليه البيض، والذي كان يطلق عليه باللغة الإنجليزية اسم fly blown.
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J. G. Myers
He did notable work on the parasites of the blow-fly and of the timber-infesting wood wasps, which made possible their export to Australia and New Zealand
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