calliphora - definition and meaning

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WordNet 3.0

n. type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies

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“The familiar musca domestica, the yellow - striped scathophaga stercoraria, the larger calliphora vomitoria, and a hundred others.”

Excerpt: A Visible Darkness by Michael Gregorio

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fbharjo Beautiful metaphors Dec 4, 2010
chained_bear "'Mr Sherman, I rejoice to see you again. I have been reading your paper on the larvae of calliphora with the utmost interest...'"
--P. O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, 97 Mar 18, 2008