bluebottle

noun

blue·​bot·​tle ˈblü-ˌbä-tᵊl 

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

Examples of bluebottle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So, Cheng and colleagues used high-speed video to capture and analyze more than 20 bluebottle flies (Calliphora vomitoria), known for their exquisite maneuvers, sticking their inverted landings in a flight chamber. —Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2019

Instead there's crumpled napkins, unclaimed pens, forgotten umbrellas, a half-empty Coke bottle and a solitary bluebottle fly out of a Raymond Chandler novel. —Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 17 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

bluebottle

noun

blue·​bot·​tle -ˌbät-ᵊl 

: any of several blowflies with a shiny blue abdomen or body

Medical Definition

bluebottle

noun

blue·​bot·​tle ˈblü-ˌbät-ᵊl 

: any of several blowflies (genus Calliphora) that have an iridescent blue body or abdomen and make a loud buzzing noise in flight