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onion flies

onion flies is the plural of onion fly.

Meaning of onion fly

Noun

onion fly (plural onion flies)

  1. Delia antiqua, a cosmopolitan pest of crops, whose larvae or maggots feed on onions, garlic and other bulbous plants.
    Synonyms:
    onion maggot

Questions about onion flies

What is onion flies the plural of?
Onion flies is the plural of onion fly.

Words near onion flies in the dictionary

  1. onion couch
  2. onion dome
  3. onion domes
  4. onion fish
  5. onion fishes
  6. onion flies
  7. onion flute
  8. onion flutes
  9. onion fly
  10. onion grass
  11. onion grasses

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