greenbottle

/ 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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Remember the grubs of the greenbottle, fed on hard-boiled white of egg.

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On the top of this, I place a few slabs of greenbottle eggs collected a moment ago from the snake in my earthen pan.

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