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hangingfly

hangingfly noun: any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.

hangingfly: any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae
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Noun

hangingfly (plural hangingflies)

  1. Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.

Forms of hangingfly

pluralhangingflies

Origin of hangingfly

From hanging + fly. Piecewise cognate with Dutch hangvlieg.

Questions about hangingfly

What does hangingfly mean?
Hangingfly means any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.
What part of speech is hangingfly?
Hangingfly is a noun.
What is the plural of hangingfly?
The plural of hangingfly is hangingflies.

Words near hangingfly in the dictionary

  1. hanging wet bag
  2. hanging wet bags
  3. hanging with
  4. hanging, drawing and quartering
  5. hangingflies
  6. hangingfly
  7. hangingly
  8. hangings
  9. hangingwall
  10. hangingwalls
  11. hangiri

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