greenbottle fly
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greenbottle fly — noun blowfly with brilliant coppery green body • Syn: ↑greenbottle • Hypernyms: ↑blowfly, ↑blow fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Lucilia, ↑genus Lucilia * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ … Useful english dictionary
greenbottle fly — /green bot l/ any of several metallic green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata. Also called greenbottle. [1860 65; GREEN + BOTTLE1] * * * … Universalium
greenbottle — noun a metallic green fly which sometimes lays eggs in wounds on sheep or other animals. [Lucilia caesar and related species.] … English new terms dictionary
greenbottle — n. any fly of the genus Lucilia, esp. L. sericata which lays eggs in the flesh of sheep … Useful english dictionary
blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals. Also, blowfly. [1815 25] * * * ▪ insect also spelled blowfly, any member in a family… … Universalium
Green bottle fly — Taxobox name = Green bottle flies(greenshineflier status = secure image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo =… … Wikipedia
blow fly — noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds • Syn: ↑blowfly • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Hyponyms: ↑bluebottle, ↑Calliphora vicina, ↑greenbottle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Lucilia — noun greenbottle flies • Syn: ↑genus Lucilia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Lucilia — noun greenbottle flies • Syn: ↑Lucilia • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
