Definition of "bluebottle" [blue•bot•tle]

• Any of several flies of the genus Calliphora that have a bright metallic-blue body and breed in decaying organic matter. (noun)

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• "And once Fenn had put in one song it was inevitable that he would put in another, for which the bluebottle was the "singer"."
• "At times Sam Brown's production makes Gill's subtext overly apparent: the cast are onstage throughout so that, when Dennis goes to kill a bluebottle, he attacks his father seen praying behind Annemarie Woods's set."
• "The book is full of scientific observations of creatures such as the sea speckle, the red poison needle, the oleander, the bluebottle or coral."