greenbottle
Britishnoun
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In Britain, they include the common bluebottle and greenbottle, and they are the forensic entomologist's raw material.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
“None of them were greenbottle flies—only some of his cousins. People make mistakes. The flies know that. That’s how the greenbottle fly first came around anyway. To help the people who had made some mistakes.”
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The first question that presents itself is this: how do the greenbottle grubs feed?
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
As long as she does not feel ripe eggs coming to her oviduct, the greenbottle remains in the sun, hovering to and fro and sipping modest mouthfuls from the carcass.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Nothing tells us that the grub of the greenbottle does not adopt this method of growing.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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