genus calliphora

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   type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies

   SynonymsCalliphora

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofCalliphoridae

Questions about genus calliphora

What does genus calliphora mean?

genus calliphora means "type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies".

What is another word for genus calliphora?

Close synonyms include Calliphora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus calliphora a common word?

genus calliphora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.