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lady-fly

lady-fly noun: a ladybird.

Noun

lady-fly (plural lady-flies)

  1. (obsolete) A ladybird.
    • This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs.1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Thursday; or, The Spell”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 35, lines 83–84

Forms of lady-fly

plurallady-flies

Questions about lady-fly

What does lady-fly mean?
Lady-fly means a ladybird.
What part of speech is lady-fly?
Lady-fly is a noun.
What is the plural of lady-fly?
The plural of lady-fly is lady-flies.

Words near lady-fly in the dictionary

  1. lady-bug
  2. lady-bugs
  3. Lady-day
  4. Lady-days
  5. lady-flies
  6. lady-fly
  7. lady-in-waiting
  8. lady-killer
  9. lady-killers
  10. lady-killing
  11. lady-like

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