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Fishfly

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dayflynounA mayfly.
stableflynounSynonym of dogfly.
canadian soldiernounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Canadian, soldier.
shadflynounmayfly
flower flynounA hoverfly.
mayflynounAny of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
lake flynounAny of various non-biting midges of the family Chironomidae, chironomids.
marchflynounAlternative form of March fly. [Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.]
dance flynounAny of the flies in the family Hybotidae.
flower-flynounthe hover-fly
medflynounSynonym of Mediterranean fruit fly.
face flynounA fly, Musca autumnalis, that resembles the housefly and is a pest of cattle and horses.
ephemeridnounAny in the family Ephemeridae of mayflies.
mistflynoun(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Pseudocordulia, endemic to tropical northeastern Australia.
fruitflynoun(deprecated in zoologic systematic nomenclature) Alternative spelling of fruit fly. [Any insect of the Tephritidae family, whose larvae damage plant tissue.]
sandflynounAny of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
flyernounThat which flies, as a bird or insect.
fritflynounAlternative form of frit fly. [Any fly in the family Chloropidae.]
whame flynoun(dated) The horsefly or gadfly.
march flynounAny of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.

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