bluebottlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbluːˌbɒt.əl/us/ˈbluːˌbɑː.t̬əl/a big fly with a dark blue shiny body
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Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- earworm
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- locust
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tsetse fly
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Examples from literature
- Great swarms of bluebottle flies buzzed lazily in the warm sunshine.
- The bluebottles buzzed about the wall, and a little old mouse picked over the rubbish among the jam pots.
- The office was very still, except for two bluebottle flies butting against the ceiling and buzzing up and down the window-panes.
- There was one big bluebottle that had got stuck there on his back with his wings in the sticky stuff.
- This fly is very like our British bluebottle, with a somewhat greener head, and a body entirely yellow.