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Fruitfly vs Blowfly - What's the difference?

fruitfly | blowfly |

As nouns the difference between fruitfly and blowfly

is that fruitfly is while blowfly is any of various flies of the family calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds.

fruitfly

English

Noun

(fruitflies)

    • blowfly

    English

    (wikipedia blowfly)

    Alternative forms

    * blow-fly * bottlefly * carrion-fly

    Noun

    (blowflies)
  • Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or in open wounds.

    • See also

    * bluebottle * greenbottle * blowie

    Anagrams

    * flyblow