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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg