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beetfly

beetfly noun: pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.

Noun

beetfly (plural beetflies)

  1. Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.

Forms of beetfly

pluralbeetflies

Origin of beetfly

From beet + fly.

Questions about beetfly

What does beetfly mean?
Beetfly means pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.
What part of speech is beetfly?
Beetfly is a noun.
What is the plural of beetfly?
The plural of beetfly is beetflies.

Words near beetfly in the dictionary

  1. beetel nuts
  2. beetels
  3. Beetewk
  4. Beetewks
  5. beetflies
  6. beetfly
  7. beeth
  8. Beetham
  9. Beethams
  10. Beethoven
  11. Beethovenesque

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