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muck fly

muck fly noun: a fly found on, or associated with, dirt or dung.

Noun

muck fly (plural muck flies)

  1. (obsolete) A fly found on, or associated with, dirt or dung.
    • [T]he naturalist […] next appealed to the patron's approbation for a curious disquisition he had made, touching the procreation of muck flies, in which he had laid down a curious method of collecting, preserving and hatching the eggs of these insects, even in the winter, by certain modifications of...1751, Tobias Smollett, chapter 103, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, volume IV
    • Less appetizing were the hordes of green, shiny muck-flies which were to be found all over the island, even amid the thickest tussock.1940, Erling Christophersen, translated by RL Benham, Tristan da Cunha, The Lonely Isle, page 200

Forms of muck fly

pluralmuck flies

Questions about muck fly

What does muck fly mean?
Muck fly means a fly found on, or associated with, dirt or dung.
What part of speech is muck fly?
Muck fly is a noun.
What is the plural of muck fly?
The plural of muck fly is muck flies.

Words near muck fly in the dictionary

  1. muck
  2. muck about
  3. muck and bullets
  4. muck around
  5. muck flies
  6. muck fly
  7. muck in
  8. muck out
  9. muck spreader
  10. muck spreaders
  11. muck sweat

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