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Bluebottle

Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.

📖 Definitions of "Bluebottle"

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  1. 1

    Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.

  2. 2

    A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.

  3. 3

    A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.

  4. 4

    A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.

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