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face flies

face flies is the plural of face fly.

Meaning of face fly

Noun

face fly (plural face flies)

  1. A fly, Musca autumnalis, that resembles the housefly and is a pest of cattle and horses.
    • Face flies hibernate in large numbers as unmated adults in buildings, mammal burrows, and in other protected places, whether heated or not.2005, William H. Robinson, Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, page 174

Questions about face flies

What is face flies the plural of?
Face flies is the plural of face fly.

Words near face flies in the dictionary

  1. face down
  2. face facts
  3. face first
  4. face flannel
  5. face flannels
  6. face flies
  7. face fly
  8. face for radio
  9. face for television
  10. face fuck
  11. face fucked

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