"bluebottle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-bluebottle.ogg Forms: bluebottles [plural]
Etymology: * blue + bottle From resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles. * (police officer): From the colour of the uniform. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|bottle}} blue + bottle, {{sense|police officer}} (police officer): Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluebottle (plural bluebottles)
  1. Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying. Categories (topical): People Translations (blowfly of the genus Calliphora): raatokärpänen (Finnish), Schmeißfliege [feminine] (German), κρεατόμυγα (kreatómyga) [feminine] (Greek), 검정파리 (geomjeongpari) (Korean), rango tamumu (Maori), moûque à vèrs [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), spyflue [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), varejeira azul [feminine] (Portuguese), тру́пная му́ха (trúpnaja múxa) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-w3AU0QAa Disambiguation of People: 14 31 3 4 10 38 Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 25 8 24 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 27 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 24 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 25 8 25 10 19 Disambiguation of 'blowfly of the genus Calliphora': 40 28 1 3 26 1
  2. A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-VxfWe-ED Disambiguation of People: 14 31 3 4 10 38 Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 25 8 24 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 27 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 24 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 25 8 25 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 29 7 23 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 51 5 16 6 15
  3. A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-rBT6n1wF
  4. A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia. Categories (topical): Law enforcement Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Hydrozoans, Hymenopterans, Oestroid flies, Swallowtails, Thistles
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-gxK0oFz7 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 12 21 7 32 9 19 Disambiguation of Flowers: 12 17 20 30 9 11 Disambiguation of Hydrozoans: 13 20 10 37 9 10 Disambiguation of Hymenopterans: 11 19 10 41 8 11 Disambiguation of Oestroid flies: 14 19 10 35 10 11 Disambiguation of Swallowtails: 10 17 10 34 17 11 Disambiguation of Thistles: 13 19 12 34 10 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 8 34 10 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 12 6 47 11 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 21 8 32 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 20 9 35 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 25 8 24 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 18 10 33 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 20 8 28 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 27 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 24 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 25 8 25 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 17 9 33 11 20
  5. Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-I~DQlX8F Disambiguation of People: 14 31 3 4 10 38 Categories (other): Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 27 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 24 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 25 8 25 10 19
  6. (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer. Tags: Australia, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bluebottle-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Disambiguation of People: 14 31 3 4 10 38 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 25 8 24 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 27 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 24 8 24 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 25 8 25 10 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: blowfly, bottlefly Derived forms: blue-bottle fly Coordinate_terms: greenbottle, green-bottle fly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "en:People",
    "en:Swallowtails",
    "en:Thistles"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "greenbottle"
    },
    {
      "word": "green-bottle fly"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "blue-bottle fly"
    }
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* blue + bottle From resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles.\n* (police officer): From the colour of the uniform.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    },
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      "word": "bottlefly"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page i. 16:",
          "text": "The incredibly long body as well as the extended wings were of a gleaming purplish-gray colour: I can only liken it to that of a meat fly or common \"bluebottle\".",
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        }
      ],
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        "Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying."
      ],
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        [
          "blowflies",
          "blowfly"
        ],
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          "Calliphora#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "iridescent",
          "iridescent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war."
      ],
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        [
          "marine",
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        ],
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          "jellyfish",
          "jellyfish"
        ],
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        [
          "Physalia physalis",
          "Physalia physalis#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Portuguese man-of-war",
          "Portuguese man-of-war"
        ],
        [
          "man-of-war",
          "man-of-war"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cornflower",
          "cornflower"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "Centaurea cyanus",
          "Centaurea cyanus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia."
      ],
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        [
          "blue ant",
          "blue ant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "papilionid",
          "papilionid"
        ],
        [
          "Graphium",
          "Graphium"
        ],
        [
          "triangles",
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        ]
      ]
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        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1878, Charles Hindley, The life and times of James Catnach, page 206:",
          "text": "[…] comic writers […] have never failed to make capital out of the New Police, Peel's Raw-Lobsters, Peelers, Blue Bottles, &c., &c.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:",
          "text": "COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A police officer."
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer."
      ],
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        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "word": "raatokärpänen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmeißfliege"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kreatómyga",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κρεατόμυγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geomjeongpari",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "word": "검정파리"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "word": "rango tamumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moûque à vèrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyflue"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varejeira azul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúpnaja múxa",
      "sense": "blowfly of the genus Calliphora",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тру́пная му́ха"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Batemans Bay, New South Wales",
    "bluebottle"
  ],
  "word": "bluebottle"
}

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