[f. BLOW v.1 28 + FLY.] A recent popular name of the Flesh-fly.
1852. T. Harris, Insects New Eng., 490. Various kinds of flesh-flies, blow-flies, house-flies.
1858. Sat. 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.’]
