bluebottle
a composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, having narrow leaves and blue flower heads.
Australian. Portuguese man-of-war.
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How to use bluebottle in a sentence
Yet, although he could take no exercise, he used to eat no less than seventy large bluebottle flies every evening.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore WoodPaying not the least attention to the big bluebottle fly that buzzed her nose, Sue stretched full-length and dozed in the sun.
The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur KjelgaardThe bluebottle fly, tiring of its futile efforts to annoy her, buzzed importantly off in search of a more responsive victim.
The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur KjelgaardFrom time to time, the bluebottle and the flesh fly perch on the trellis-work, make a short investigation and then decamp.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreI put the bluebottle's eggs to hatch on a piece of meat and leave the worms to do their work as they please.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for bluebottle
/ (ˈbluːˌbɒtəl) /
another name for the blowfly
any of various blue-flowered plants, esp the cornflower
British an informal word for a policeman
Australian and NZ an informal name for Portuguese man-of-war
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