Associations to the word «Blowfly»

Wiktionary

BLOWFLY, noun. Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds.

Dictionary definition

BLOWFLY, noun. Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats