greenbottle

• Nom désignant un type de mouche à viande au corps brillant vert cuivré ou vert métallique.

A noun referring to a type of blowfly with a brilliant coppery green body.

1. Blowfly with brilliant coppery green bodyC1formalscientific

   A type of blowfly, typically with a bright metallic green body, belonging to the genus Lucilia.

   Mouche verte à viande

   • A greenbottle buzzed loudly against the window pane.
   • The forensic entomologist identified the larvae as those of a greenbottle.
   • Greenbottles are often the first insects to arrive at a corpse.

   Synonymesgreenbottle fly