greenbottle fly
noun
green·bot·tle fly
ˈgrēn-ˌbät-ᵊl- 
: any of several brilliant coppery green-bodied flies of the family Calliphoridae and especially one of the genus Lucilia (L. sericata)
called also greenbottle
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“Greenbottle fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/greenbottle%20fly. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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