genus calliphora

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	blow fly, blowfly,
definition	:	large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	calliphoridae, family calliphoridae,
definition	:	blowflies (noun.animal)