Calliphora
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Related to Calliphora: Calliphora vicina, Calliphora vomitoria
Calliphora
[kah-lif´o-rah]a genus of flies, the blowflies or bluebottle flies, which deposit their eggs in decaying matter, on wounds, or in body openings; the maggots are a cause of myiasis.
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Calliphora
(kă-lif'ō-ră),A genus of blowflies (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera), the bluebottle flies, the larvae of which feed on dead flesh. Calliphora vomitoria and Calliphora vicina are common species in the U.S.
[G. kalli, beauty, + phoros, bearing]
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