calliphoridae

English Thesaurus

1. blowflies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	calliphora, genus calliphora,
definition	:	type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus lucilia, lucilia,
definition	:	greenbottle flies (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus sarcophaga, sarcophaga,
definition	:	flesh flies (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	diptera, order diptera,
definition	:	a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies (noun.animal)