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blow-fly|ˈbləʊflaɪ|
[f. blow v.1 28 + fly.]
a. A recent popular name of the Flesh-fly.
1821T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa xiv. 201 The green blow-flies, attracted by the meat brought to our camp, exceeded everything that can be conceived. 1852T. Harris Insects New Eng. 490 Various kinds of flesh-flies, blow-flies, house-flies. 1858Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 500/2 Linnæus said..that a blowfly would consume the carcase of a horse faster than a lion. [According to Kirby and Spence, L. said ‘three flesh-flies and their progeny’.]
b. blow-fly strike: a disease affecting sheep. (Cf. strike v. 45 d.)
1933Council Sci. & Ind. Res. Pamphlet No. 37 ii. 17 Though death following blowfly strike is not uncommon, its actual causation has never been thoroughly investigated. 1955J. H. Wellington Southern Africa II. i. v. 74 Other points of superiority in the new strain [of sheep] include..a low liability to blowfly strike. |