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greenflies

greenflies is the plural of greenfly.

Meaning of greenfly

Noun

greenfly (plural greenflies or greenfly)

  1. Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
  2. Especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid.
  3. Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly.
  4. Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead.
  5. Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris).

Questions about greenflies

What is greenflies the plural of?
Greenflies is the plural of greenfly.

Words near greenflies in the dictionary

  1. greenfish
  2. greenfishes
  3. greenflag
  4. greenflags
  5. greenflation
  6. greenflies
  7. greenfly
  8. greenfodder
  9. greenfodders
  10. Greenford
  11. Greenford Green

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