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dronefly

dronefly noun: a European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.

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 dronefly

pluraldroneflies
alternative formdrone fly

Origin of dronefly

From drone + fly.

Words formed from dronefly

Questions about dronefly

What does dronefly mean?
Dronefly means a European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.
What part of speech is dronefly?
Dronefly is a noun.
What is the plural of dronefly?
The plural of dronefly is droneflies.

Words near dronefly in the dictionary

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

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