Definition of Bluebotle
Blue"bot`tle (&?;), n. 1.
(Bot.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain
fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
2. (Zoöl.) A large and troublesome
species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel
blue.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise whilst flying.
- Various marine creatures of the order Physalia, such as Physalia physalis the Portuguese Man o' War.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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