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drone fly

drone fly is the alternative form of dronefly.

Meaning of dronefly

Noun

dronefly (plural droneflies)

  1. A European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.
    • I took a large grey Drone-Fly, that had a large head, but a small a slender body in proportion to it, and cutting off its head, I fix'd it with the forepart or face upwards upon my Object Plate […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXIX

Forms of drone fly

pluraldrone flies

Words formed from drone fly

Questions about drone fly

What is drone fly the alternative form of?
Drone fly is the alternative form of dronefly.

Words near drone fly in the dictionary

  1. Dron
  2. Drona
  3. dronabinol
  4. drone
  5. drone flies
  6. drone fly
  7. drone metal
  8. drone music
  9. drone on
  10. drone wall
  11. drone walls

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