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greenbottle

greenbottle noun: any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour.

greenbottle: any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour
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Noun

greenbottle (plural greenbottles)

  1. Any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour.

greenbottle meaning in Tamil

greenbottle in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of greenbottle

Forms of greenbottle

pluralgreenbottles

Origin of greenbottle

From green + bottle. From resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles.

Words formed from greenbottle

Phrases with greenbottle

Questions about greenbottle

What does greenbottle mean?
Greenbottle means any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour.
What is greenbottle in Tamil?
Greenbottle in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Greenbottle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greenbottle?
Greenbottle is a noun.
What is the plural of greenbottle?
The plural of greenbottle is greenbottles.

Words near greenbottle in the dictionary

  1. greenboards
  2. greenbodies
  3. greenbody
  4. greenbone
  5. greenbones
  6. greenbottle
  7. greenbottle flies
  8. greenbottle fly
  9. greenbottles
  10. Greenboy
  11. Greenboys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenbottle (page history and authors); greenbottle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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