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dogflies

dogflies is the plural of dogfly.

Meaning of dogfly

Noun

dogfly (plural dogflies)

  1. A bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans; stablefly.
    • And behoulding a great multitude of the enemies, he wiſhed them no other harme, but only that ſwarmes of gnats and dogflies might be ſent among them, that feeling the ſtinges of thoſe ſmall creatures, they might acknowledg the power of him that aided the Romanes. When this petition was made vnto...1612, The Ecclesiasticall History of Theodoret Bishop of Cyrus, page 196

Questions about dogflies

What is dogflies the plural of?
Dogflies is the plural of dogfly.

Words near dogflies in the dictionary

  1. dogfish sharks
  2. dogfished
  3. dogfishes
  4. dogfishing
  5. dogflesh
  6. dogflies
  7. dogfluencer
  8. dogfluencers
  9. dogfly
  10. dogfood
  11. dogfooded

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