Lexic.us

Definition of Lucilia

1. Noun. Greenbottle flies.

Medical Definition of Lucilia

1. A genus of scavenging blowflies (family Calliphoridae), commonly called bluebottle or greenbottle flies, whose larvae feed on carrion or excrement; they occasionally cause wound infestation or myiasis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucilia

Literary usage of Lucilia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"Calliphora vomitoria Linn. Recorded by Prof. Verrill. lucilia ... lucilia latifrons Schin. Recorded by Dr. Dahl. and also by Prof. Verrill. ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"lucilia, Rob. Desv. lucilia nobilis, Meig. The larvae were observed by Meinert in Copenhagen in the auditory mealus of a person who, after taking a bath, ..."

3. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"lucilia sericata (Meigen). lucilia caesar (Linn.). There are two species of Sheep Fly which in appearance and habits closely resemble one another. ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"... and lucilia'), his fourth (' Fileo and Fiamma '),and the sixth ('Gonsales and his vertuous wife Agatha') are drawn, he says, from the Italian of ..."

5. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Protheus speaks to Bellario about women in the words of Benedick—lucilia and ... enter —Bellario joins them—lucilia pretends that she had fallen in love ..."

6. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"RESULTS OF CLUB LIFE AMONG WOMEN UPON THE HOME — ADDRESS BY lucilia W. LEARNED OF MISSOURI. In judging of any work so new to woman as work in intellectual ..."

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