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glow fly

glow fly noun: the firefly.

Noun

glow fly (plural glow flies)

  1. The firefly.
    • So shines the glow-fly, when the sun retires, / And gems the night-air with phosphoric fires […].1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 137

Synonyms of glow fly

Forms of glow fly

pluralglow flies

Questions about glow fly

What does glow fly mean?
Glow fly means the firefly.
What part of speech is glow fly?
Glow fly is a noun.
What is the plural of glow fly?
The plural of glow fly is glow flies.

Words near glow fly in the dictionary

  1. Glovskys
  2. glow
  3. glow discharge
  4. glow discharges
  5. glow flies
  6. glow fly
  7. glow party
  8. glow plug
  9. glow plugs
  10. glow rod
  11. glow starter

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