bluebottle fly

noun

any of several iridescent blue blow flies, especially those of the genus Calliphora, some of which are parasitic on domestic animals.

First recorded in 1710–20

Paying not the least attention to the big bluebottle fly that buzzed her nose, Sue stretched full-length and dozed in the sun.

The bluebottle fly, tiring of its futile efforts to annoy her, buzzed importantly off in search of a more responsive victim.

Elliott brushed away a persistent bluebottle fly, a lonesome survivor which the unseasonably warm day had reawakened.

A great bluebottle fly, shining with a metallic lustre, stood beneath a mushroom on the ground.

One of the simplest sounds to produce is that of the humming-bee, wasp, or bluebottle fly.

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