ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: any of various two-winged flies (family Calliphoridae) that deposit their eggs or maggots on meat and other foodstuffs or in wounds on living creatures ; especially : the widely distributed bluebottle ( Calliphora vicina ) that is larger than the housefly and has a dark steel-blue abdomen and hairy thorax — compare strike