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bluebottle fly
noun
- any of several iridescent blue blow flies, especially those of the genus Calliphora, some of which are parasitic on domestic animals.
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Origin of bluebottle fly1
Example Sentences
Instead there's crumpled napkins, unclaimed pens, forgotten umbrellas, a half-empty Coke bottle and a solitary bluebottle fly out of a Raymond Chandler novel.
Instead there’s crumpled napkins, unclaimed pens, forgotten umbrellas, a half-empty Coke bottle and a solitary bluebottle fly out of a Raymond Chandler novel.
A hairy bluebottle fly named Cynomya mortuorum, for instance, can be found hunting for carrion across northern Europe and Asia.
The flies are also widely distributed - one of their more commonly recognized representatives is the bluebottle fly - so the method could be used throughout much of the world.
With a physical meaning of soft to the touch, the word is used substantively of the maggot of the bluebottle fly, used as a bait by fishermen.
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