- bluebottle
- noun Date: 15th century 1. bachelor's button 2. any of several blowflies (genus Calliphora) that have the abdomen or the whole body iridescent blue in color and that make a loud buzzing noise in flight
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Bluebottle — Blue bot tle, blue bottle lue bottle, n. 1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields; called also {bachelor s button}. It receives its name from its blue bottle shaped flowers. Varieties cultivated in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bluebottle — ► NOUN ▪ a common blowfly with a metallic blue body … English terms dictionary
bluebottle — [blo͞o′bät′ l] n. 1. any of various plants with blue, bottle shaped flowers, as the cornflower, grape hyacinth, or closed gentian 2. any of a genus (Calliphora) of metallic blue blowflies … English World dictionary
bluebottle — UK [ˈbluːˌbɒt(ə)l] / US [ˈbluˌbɑt(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms bluebottle : singular bluebottle plural bluebottles a large fly with a shiny blue body … English dictionary
bluebottle — /blooh bot l/, n. 1. cornflower (def. 1). 2. a composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, having narrow leaves and blue flower heads. 3. See bluebottle fly. 4. Chiefly Australian. Portuguese man of war. [1545 55; BLUE + BOTTLE1] * * * … Universalium
bluebottle — [[t]blu͟ːbɒt(ə)l[/t]] bluebottles N COUNT A bluebottle is a large fly with a shiny dark blue body … English dictionary
Bluebottle (character) — Bluebottle is a comedy character from the Goon Show, a 1950s British comedy radio show. The character was created and performed by Peter Sellers.Bluebottle is an adenoidal squeaky voiced boy scout from East Finchley (the same neighborhood of… … Wikipedia
