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    GREENBOTTLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Blowfly with brilliant coppery green bodyplay

    Synonyms:

    greenbottle; greenbottle fly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("greenbottle" 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" is a member of...):

    genus Lucilia; Lucilia (greenbottle flies)

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