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单词 bluebottle
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
blue•bot•tle  (blo̅o̅bot′l),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologycornflower (def. 1).
  2. Plant Biologya composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, having narrow leaves and blue flower heads.
  3. InsectsSee bluebottle fly. 
  4. Invertebrates, British Terms[Chiefly Australian.]Portuguese man-of-war.
  • blue + bottle1 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bluebottle /ˈbluːˌbɒtəl/ n
  1. another name for the blowfly
  2. any of various blue-flowered plants, esp the cornflower
  3. Brit
    an informal word for a policeman
  4. Austral NZ
    an informal name for Portuguese man-of-war
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