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bluebottle


large noisy blue-black blowfly: You're as troublesome as a bluebottle!

Contributor's comments: This term is also common in Perth (where there are LOTS of them).

Contributor's comments: Have only heard it as the name for the marine stingers of the coast of QLD. And also a derogatory name for Policemen.

Contributor's comments: I've only ever heard bluebottle used for the big blue stingers that get washed up on the shore - Perth and South West WA.