Lexic.us

Definition of Bluebottle

1. Noun. An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.

2. Noun. Blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight.

Definition of Bluebottle

1. n. A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.

Definition of Bluebottle

1. Noun. Any of various blowflies of the genus ''Calliphora'' that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise whilst flying. ¹

2. Noun. Various marine creatures of the order ''Physalia'', such as Physalia physalis the Portuguese Man o' War. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluebottle

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Medical Definition of Bluebottle

1. 1. A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers. 2. A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluebottle

blueberry pie blueberry root blueberry yogurt blueberrying blueberrylike bluebill bluebills bluebird bluebirds blueblood

bluebloods bluebonnet bluebonnets bluebook bluebooks bluebottle (current term) bluebottles bluebreast bluebreasts bluebuck

bluebucks bluecap bluecaps bluechip bluecoat bluecoats bluecomb disease of chickens bluecomb disease of turkeys bluecomb virus bluecurls

Literary usage of Bluebottle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Lessons in Zoology: A Guide in Studying Animal Life and Structure by James George Needham (1895)
"Then hold both wings and legs so that neither can move, and note that the sound still continues, and that the pitch is again bluebottle FLY raised. ..."

2. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals ; for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1902)
"HOUSE-FLY OR bluebottle FLY (Musca domestica and M. vomitoria) To get larvae of the bluebottle fly it is only necessary to expose flesh, even on a warm ..."

3. The Utilization of Minute Life: Being Practical Studies on Insects by Thomas Lamb Phipson (1864)
"... sylvestra and G-rana fina— Rearing of Cochineal—The Cochineal at Teneriffe— The bluebottle Fly and the ..."

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