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hover-fly

hover-fly is the alternative form of hoverfly.

Meaning of hoverfly

Noun

hoverfly (plural hoverflies)

  1. Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

Synonyms of hover-fly

Forms of hover-fly

pluralhover-flies

Questions about hover-fly

What is hover-fly the alternative form of?
Hover-fly is the alternative form of hoverfly.

Words near hover-fly in the dictionary

  1. hover hands
  2. hover slam
  3. hover slams
  4. hover text
  5. hover-flies
  6. hover-fly
  7. hover-hand
  8. hover-hands
  9. hover-slam
  10. hover-slams
  11. hovera

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