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bluebottle fly
noun
- any of several iridescent blue blow flies, especially those of the genus Calliphora, some of which are parasitic on domestic animals.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bluebottle fly1
First recorded in 1710–20
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Example Sentences
Paying not the least attention to the big bluebottle fly that buzzed her nose, Sue stretched full-length and dozed in the sun.
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The bluebottle fly, tiring of its futile efforts to annoy her, buzzed importantly off in search of a more responsive victim.
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Elliott brushed away a persistent bluebottle fly, a lonesome survivor which the unseasonably warm day had reawakened.
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A great bluebottle fly, shining with a metallic lustre, stood beneath a mushroom on the ground.
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One of the simplest sounds to produce is that of the humming-bee, wasp, or bluebottle fly.
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