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GREENBOTTLE FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greenbottle fly mean?
• GREENBOTTLE FLY (noun)
The noun GREENBOTTLE FLY has 1 sense:
1. blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
Familiarity information: GREENBOTTLE FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
greenbottle; greenbottle fly
Hypernyms ("greenbottle fly" is a kind of...):
blow fly; blowfly (large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds)
Holonyms ("greenbottle fly" is a member of...):
genus Lucilia; Lucilia (greenbottle flies)
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