greenbottle

greenbottle
Any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour.

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  • greenbottle fly — noun blowfly with brilliant coppery green body • Syn: ↑greenbottle • Hypernyms: ↑blowfly, ↑blow fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Lucilia, ↑genus Lucilia * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ …   Useful english dictionary

  • greenbottle fly — /green bot l/ any of several metallic green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata. Also called greenbottle. [1860 65; GREEN + BOTTLE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • greenbottle fly — green·bot·tle fly grēn .bät əl n any of several brilliant coppery green bodied flies of the family Calliphoridae and esp. one of the genus Lucilia (L. sericata) called also greenbottle * * * see Phaenicia …   Medical dictionary

  • greenbottle — n. blowfly with a metallic green colored body …   English contemporary dictionary

  • greenbottle — noun a metallic green fly which sometimes lays eggs in wounds on sheep or other animals. [Lucilia caesar and related species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • greenbottle — n. any fly of the genus Lucilia, esp. L. sericata which lays eggs in the flesh of sheep …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Lucilia — noun greenbottle flies • Syn: ↑genus Lucilia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Lucilia — noun greenbottle flies • Syn: ↑Lucilia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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