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bush flies

bush flies is the plural of bush fly.

Meaning of bush fly

Noun

bush fly (plural bush flies)

  1. (Australia) A blow fly of the family Calliphoridae.
    • The song that lay along the line of hills told of a Dreamtime Ancestor who failed to perform the correct ritual for controlling a bush-fly breeding cycle.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 77

Questions about bush flies

What is bush flies the plural of?
Bush flies is the plural of bush fly.

Words near bush flies in the dictionary

  1. bush crickets
  2. bush dog
  3. bush dogs
  4. bush fire
  5. bush fires
  6. bush flies
  7. bush flight
  8. bush fly
  9. bush flying
  10. bush frog
  11. bush frogs

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