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canker flies

canker flies is the plural of canker fly.

Meaning of canker fly

Noun

canker fly (plural canker flies)

  1. (archaic) A fly that feeds on fruit.
    • Siebenkäs, in a voice of wrath, now turned bis seat of judgment into a penitent's stool for the Venner, abusing him as a canker-fly of female buds, a dove-hawk, a house-breaker of the treasures of marriage.1845 [1796], Edward Henry Noel, transl., Flower, Fruit and Thorn Pieces: Or, The Married Life, Death, and Wedding of the Advocate of the Poor, Firmian Stanislaus Sibenkas̈, translation of original by...

Questions about canker flies

What is canker flies the plural of?
Canker flies is the plural of canker fly.

Words near canker flies in the dictionary

  1. Canjaway
  2. Canjulao
  3. cank
  4. canked
  5. canker
  6. canker flies
  7. canker fly
  8. canker rash
  9. canker sore
  10. canker sores
  11. cankered

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