Maggots, Murder, and Men Quotes

“The use of the word ‘blow’ and its derivatives is interesting. The noun ‘blow’ refers to a mass of fly eggs. The verb ‘to blow’ means to lay eggs and anything that is ‘fly-blown’ has fly eggs on it. Hence, the name ‘blowfly’.”
― Zakaria Erzinçlioğlu, Maggots, Murder, and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist