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flav

flav noun: a member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler mayfly found in Central and North America as far north as Canada, used in fly fishing.

Noun

flav (plural flavs)

  1. (informal) A member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler mayfly found in Central and North America as far north as Canada, used in fly fishing.
    • Flavs (Small Green Drakes, or Flavilineas) Family : Ephemerellidae Genus : Drunella […]2010, David Young, Cheryl Young, Fly Fishing: The Lifetime Sport, page 61
    • DRAKES AND FLAVILINEA / Where found, green drakes and “flavs” make trout dumber than a box of rocks. Of course, when they occur in early summer[…]2012, Taylor Streit, Instinctive Fly Fishing: A Guide's Guide to Better Trout Fishing, page 84
    Synonyms:
    small green drake, lesser green drake, small western green drake

Synonyms of flav

  • small green drake
  • lesser green drake
  • small western green drake

Forms of flav

pluralflavs

Questions about flav

What does flav mean?
Flav means a member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler mayfly found in Central and North America as far north as Canada, used in fly fishing.
What part of speech is flav?
Flav is a noun.
What is the plural of flav?
The plural of flav is flavs.

Words near flav in the dictionary

  1. flautini
  2. flautino
  3. flautinos
  4. flautist
  5. flautists
  6. flav
  7. flava
  8. flavadine
  9. flavagline
  10. flavaglines
  11. flavan

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