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
I have left at the bottom of a glass the best part of a hard-boiled egg from which I have taken a few bits of white intended for the greenbottle maggots.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Here swarm in common the grubs of the greenbottle, the flesh fly and the bluebottle.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Even in this imperfect case, it is obvious that the greenbottle grubs begin by liquefying their food.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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