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eye fly

eye fly noun: any of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals.

Noun

eye fly (plural eye flies)

  1. Any of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals.
    • Electricity had paid no attention, and a colony of eye-flies had come instead and blackened the coils with their bodies.1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 93
    Synonyms:
    eye gnat

eye fly meaning in Tamil

eye fly in Tamil

கண் ஈ

Synonyms of eye fly

  • eye gnat

Forms of eye fly

pluraleye flies
alternative formeye-fly

Questions about eye fly

What does eye fly mean?
Eye fly means any of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals.
What is eye fly in Tamil?
Eye fly in Tamil is கண் ஈ. See Eye fly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eye fly?
Eye fly is a noun.
What is the plural of eye fly?
The plural of eye fly is eye flies.

Words near eye fly in the dictionary

  1. eye examination
  2. eye examinations
  3. eye fillet
  4. eye fillets
  5. eye flies
  6. eye fly
  7. eye for an eye
  8. eye for eye
  9. eye fuck
  10. eye fucked
  11. eye fucking

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