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• Bluebottle (character) — Bluebottle is a comedy character from the Goon Show, a 1950s British comedy radio show. The character was created and performed by Peter Sellers.Bluebottle is an adenoidal squeaky voiced boy scout from East Finchley (the same neighborhood of… …   Wikipedia

• Bluebottle — Blue bot tle, blue bottle lue bottle, n. 1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields; called also {bachelor s button}. It receives its name from its blue bottle shaped flowers. Varieties cultivated in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bluebottle — UK [ˈbluːˌbɒt(ə)l] / US [ˈbluˌbɑt(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms bluebottle : singular bluebottle plural bluebottles a large fly with a shiny blue body …   English dictionary

• bluebottle — [[t]blu͟ːbɒt(ə)l[/t]] bluebottles N COUNT A bluebottle is a large fly with a shiny dark blue body …   English dictionary

• bluebottle — blue|bot|tle [ˈblu:ˌbɔtl US ˌba:tl] n BrE a large blue fly …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bluebottle — blue|bot|tle [ blu,batl ] noun count a large fly with a shiny blue body …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bluebottle — noun (C) a large blue fly …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bluebottle — /ˈblubɒtl / (say bloohbotl) noun 1. a hydrozoan of genus Physalia found in warm seas and having an elongated, deep blue, gas filled bladder typically up to 13 centimetres long, from which trail numerous tentacles, extending many metres in length… …  

• bluebottle — n. 1 a large buzzing fly, Calliphora vomitoria, with a metallic blue body. Also called BLOWFLY. 2 Austral. a Portuguese man of war. 3 a dark blue cornflower. 4 Brit. colloq. a policeman …   Useful english dictionary

• Calliphora — A genus of blowflies (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera), the bluebottle flies, the larvae of which feed on dead flesh. C. vomitoria and C. vicina are common species in the U.S. [G. kalli, beauty, + phoros, bearing] * * * Cal·liph·o·ra kə lif(… …   Medical dictionary

• bachelor's button — Bluebottle Blue bot tle, blue bottle lue bottle, n. 1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields; called also {bachelor s button}. It receives its name from its blue bottle shaped flowers. Varieties… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English