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night fly

night fly noun: a moth that flies at night.

Noun

night fly (plural night flies)

  1. (archaic) A moth that flies at night.
    • At night the fly fisher stands a better chance, and will now and again take a few fish on a white moth. The dressing of a night fly for mullet was described in the following letter, […]1888, John Bickerdyke, Flyfishing for Mullet

Forms of night fly

pluralnight flies

Questions about night fly

What does night fly mean?
Night fly means a moth that flies at night.
What part of speech is night fly?
Night fly is a noun.
What is the plural of night fly?
The plural of night fly is night flies.

Words near night fly in the dictionary

  1. night fears
  2. night fighter
  3. night fighters
  4. night flies
  5. night flit
  6. night fly
  7. night food
  8. night fowl
  9. night fowls
  10. night frog
  11. night frogs

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