"bush fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bush flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bush flies}} bush fly (plural bush flies)
  1. (Australia) A blow fly of the family Calliphoridae. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-bush_fly-en-noun-Wz2ewqEF Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 57",
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