bluebottle
/ˈbluːˌbɑtəl/
noun
- A type of fly with a shiny blue body, often found near garbage or dead animals.
- The bluebottle landed on the picnic table, and we shooed it away.
- Bluebottles are common in summer near compost bins.
- A bluebottle buzzed loudly against the window.
- A type of jellyfish with a blue, gas-filled float and long stinging tentacles, found in warm ocean waters.
- The sting of a bluebottle can be very painful.
- A bluebottle washed up on the sand, its tentacles still dangerous.
- Swimmers were warned about bluebottles on the beach.