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fly trap

fly trap is the alternative spelling of flytrap.

Meaning of flytrap

Noun

flytrap (plural flytraps)

  1. A trap built to catch flies.
  2. The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
  3. Any contrivance by which a plant catches insects, such as pitchers or tentacles.
  4. The spreading dogbane.

Forms of fly trap

pluralfly traps

Questions about fly trap

What is fly trap the alternative spelling of?
Fly trap is the alternative spelling of flytrap.

Words near fly trap in the dictionary

  1. fly the flag
  2. fly the freak flag
  3. fly the kite
  4. fly the nest
  5. fly too close to the sun
  6. fly trap
  7. fly traps
  8. fly under the radar
  9. fly up
  10. fly upon
  11. fly whisk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fly trap (page history and authors); flytrap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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