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droneflies

droneflies is the plural 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

Questions about droneflies

What is droneflies the plural of?
Droneflies is the plural of dronefly.

Words near droneflies in the dictionary

  1. droneathons
  2. droneboarding
  3. droned
  4. droned on
  5. dronedarone
  6. droneflies
  7. dronefly
  8. Dronehenge
  9. dronehood
  10. droneless
  11. dronelike

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