GREENBOTTLE FLY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blowfly with brilliant coppery green body

Synonyms:

greenbottle; greenbottle fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("greenbottle fly" is a kind of...):

blow fly; blowfly (large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds)

Holonyms ("greenbottle fly" is a member of...):

genus Lucilia; Lucilia (greenbottle flies)

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