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deerflies

deerflies is the plural of deerfly.

Meaning of deerfly

Noun

deerfly (plural deerflies)

  1. Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
    • When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 161

Questions about deerflies

What is deerflies the plural of?
Deerflies is the plural of deerfly.

Words near deerflies in the dictionary

  1. Deerfielder
  2. Deerfielders
  3. Deerfieldian
  4. Deerfieldians
  5. deerflesh
  6. deerflies
  7. deerfly
  8. deerfold
  9. deerfolds
  10. deerfood
  11. deerfoot vanilla leaf

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