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greenfly

greenfly noun: certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.

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).

greenfly meaning in Tamil

greenfly in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of greenfly

Forms of greenfly

pluralgreenflies
pluralgreenfly
alternative formgreen-fly

Origin of greenfly

From green + fly.

Questions about greenfly

What does greenfly mean?
Greenfly means certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
What is greenfly in Tamil?
Greenfly in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Greenfly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greenfly?
Greenfly is a noun.
What is the plural of greenfly?
The plural of greenfly is greenflies.

Words near greenfly in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenfly (page history and authors); greenfly (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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