Crossword-Solution: BLUEBOTTLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bluebottle | n. | A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers. |
| Bluebottle | n. | A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “BLUEBOTTLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Shiny blowfly | 1 answer |
| Physalia | 1 answer |
| Metallic-looking fly | 1 answer |
| BLOWFLY | 1 answer |
| Certain blowfly | 1 answer |
| GREENBOTTLE relative | 1 answer |
| Insect named for its coloration | 1 answer |
| Iridescent fly | 1 answer |
| Bachelor's button | 2 answers |
| FLY, type of | 5 answers |
| Cornflower | 7 answers |
| Kind of fly | 10 answers |
| BLOWFLY WITH IRIDESCENT BLUE BODY | 11 answers |
| flatfoot | 17 answers |
| Policeman. | 27 answers |
| Police | 27 answers |
| AUSTRALIAN marine animal(s), dangerous | 49 answers |
| Animal ___. | 82 answers |
| Fly | 84 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BLUEBOTTLE (5)
See Blue, a.] (Bot.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia c?rulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
The fourth fence, a wattle, floor'd Monk and Bluebottle; The Drag came to grief at the blackthorn and ditch, The rails toppled over Redoubt and Red Rover, The lane stopped Lycurgus and Leicestershire Witch.
The tireless Dick, young and active, with no original laziness in his composition, no old bones to rest, or pipe to smoke, kept after him like a bluebottle fly.
Then a bluebottle fly awoke suddenly into life and began to buzz and drum against the window pane, and Lestrange wished that they would come.
Merla was one of those human flies that buzz; in crowded streets, at bazaars and in warm weather, she attained to the proportions of a human bluebottle.
Quotes with BLUEBOTTLE (3)
Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then I felt sorry for God because I understood his frustration. Sometimes when people offer a helping hand, it gets pushed away. People always want to help themselves first.
Colors shift like smoke within the branch beneath our feet. Sprites jump from leaf to leaf, leaving sprinklings of glittery dust in the air behind them. Droplets of water are strung like pearls from the silver strands of a spider’s web. Bluebottle glow-bugs stick to the leaves and branches, lighting up the night with their blue-green bodies. And high above us, clouds are draped like sashes of color across the sky. Amethyst, azure, jade.
717! You are behaving like a demented bluebottle - stop that!
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1992–2019).