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GREENBOTTLE FLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blowfly with brilliant coppery green body
Synonyms:
greenbottle; greenbottle fly
Classified under:
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)