greenbottle

British  

/ ˈɡriːnˌbɒtəl /

noun

1. a common dipterous fly, Lucilia caesar, that has a dark greenish body with a metallic lustre and lays its eggs in carrion: family Calliphoridae

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Example Sentences

Blue colors are common in tarantulas, such as this greenbottle blue tarantula.

From National Geographic

Bluebottles, greenbottles, and all the flies of metallic luster were gathered at the Lucullan feast of corruption.

From Project Gutenberg

In Britain, they include the common bluebottle and greenbottle, and they are the forensic entomologist's raw material.

From The Guardian

We will therefore confine ourselves to the two principal subjects, namely, the Luciliae, or greenbottles, and the Sarcophagae, or grey flesh flies.

From Project Gutenberg

The greenbottles, I was saying, break up their laying into sections.

From Project Gutenberg