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long-legged fly

long-legged fly noun: any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.

long-legged fly: any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs
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Noun

long-legged fly (plural long-legged flies)

  1. Any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.
    Synonyms:
    dolichopodid

Synonyms of long-legged fly

Forms of long-legged fly

plurallong-legged flies

Origin of long-legged fly

Calque of translingual Dolichopus (literally “long-legged”) + fly.

Questions about long-legged fly

What does long-legged fly mean?
Long-legged fly means any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.
What part of speech is long-legged fly?
Long-legged fly is a noun.
What is the plural of long-legged fly?
The plural of long-legged fly is long-legged flies.

Words near long-legged fly in the dictionary

  1. long-legged
  2. long-legged bat
  3. long-legged buzzard
  4. long-legged buzzards
  5. long-legged flies
  6. long-legged fly
  7. long-legged thicketbird
  8. long-leggedness
  9. long-life
  10. long-line bra
  11. long-line bras

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