BLUEBOTTLE


Meaning of BLUEBOTTLE in English

■ noun

1》 a common blowfly with a metallic-blue body. [ Calliphora vomitoria .]

2》 Austral. & S. African the Portuguese man-of-war.

3》 Brit. the wild cornflower.

4》 Brit. informal, dated a police officer.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.