bottle dropsy (botldrop"si)

A dropsy which affects the abdomen only; ascites. bottle-fish (bot'l-fish), n. 1. A name of sundry plectognath fishes of the family Tetrodontida. -2. A name of the Saccopharynx ampul lace us, a remarkable fish representing a peculiar family of the order Lyomeri. See Saccopharyngida. bottle -flower (bot'l-flou"ér), n. A plant, Cen taurea Cyanus; the bluebottle. genus.-Bottlenose oil. (Prob. a corruption of Botte leau's (name of a manufacturer) oil.] An inferior grade of olive-oil used in making Castile soap.