bluebottle

Etymology

 * From resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles.
 * From the colour of the uniform.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various blowflies of the genus  that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
 * 2) A marine jellyfish of the genus, which includes , the Portuguese man-of-war, and , the ; a man-of-war.
 * 3) A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields,, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
 * 4) A blue ant,, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
 * 5) Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
 * 6)  A police officer.
 * 1)  A police officer.

Translations

 * Finnish: raatokärpänen
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Korean: 검정파리
 * Maori: rango tamumu
 * Norman: moûque à vèrs
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spyflue
 * Portuguese: varejeira azul
 * Russian: тру́пная му́ха