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1. (n.) bluebottle
any iridescent-blue blow fly, esp. one of the genus
Calliphora.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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1. (noun) cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus
an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
2. (noun) bluebottle, Calliphora vicina
blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
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1. (noun) bluebottle
a plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers
2. (noun) bluebottle
a large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue
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Sense: a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen.
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 Afrikaans: brommer |
 Arabic: ذُبابَةٌ زَرْقاء |
 Bulgarian: вид голяма синя муха |
 Brazilian: varejeira |
 Czech: masařka |
 German: der Brummer |
 Danish: spyflue |
 Greek: κρεατόμυγα |
 Spanish: moscón |
 Estonian: lihakärbes |
 Farsi: نوعی خرمگس |
 Finnish: lihakärpänen |
 French: mouche bleue |
 Hebrew: זְבוּב הַתּכֶלֶת |
 Hindi: मक्खी |
 Croatian: muha zujara |
 Hungarian: húslégy |
 Indonesian: lalat besar |
 Icelandic: fiskifluga, maðkafluga, h |
 Italian: moscone azzurro |
 Japanese: あおばえ |
 Korean: 청파리 |
 Lithuanian: mėsinė musė |
 Latvian: zilā muša |
 Malay: langau biru |
 Dutch: bromvlieg |
 Norwegian: spyflue |
 Polish: mucha mięsna |
 Persian: نوعی خرمگس |
 Pashto: یوډول خرمچ |
 Portuguese: varejeira |
 Romanian: muscă albastră |
 Russian: трупная муха |
 Slovak: mäsiarka |
 Slovenian: mesarska muha |
 Serbian: vrsta muve |
 Swedish: spyfluga |
 Thai: แมลงวันหัวเขียว |
 Turkish: mavi at sineği |
 Taiwanese: 青蠅 |
 Ukrainian: м'ясна муха |
 Urdu: نیلے رنگ کی مکھی |
 Vietnamese: nhặng xanh |
 Chinese: 蓝丽蝇，绿头大苍蝇 |
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