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- noun 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.
chained_bear commented on the word calliphora
"'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
March 19, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word calliphora
Beautiful metaphors
December 4, 2010