Bluebottle
['bluːbɒt(ə)l] or ['blubɑtl]
Definition
(noun.) blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
(n.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue.
Typed by Konrad
Examples
- It was droning like a harmonium with the flies and bluebottles, and the floor and walls were like a slaughter-house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A buzz and hum go up around me, as if the boys were so many bluebottles. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Inputed by Heinrich