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petroleum flies

petroleum flies is the plural of petroleum fly.

Meaning of petroleum fly

Noun

petroleum fly (plural petroleum flies)

  1. Helaeomyia petrolei, a Californian fly whose larvae feed on dead insects that become trapped in naturally occurring petroleum pools.

Questions about petroleum flies

What is petroleum flies the plural of?
Petroleum flies is the plural of petroleum fly.

Words near petroleum flies in the dictionary

  1. petroleum
  2. petroleum coke
  3. petroleum cokes
  4. Petroleum County
  5. petroleum ether
  6. petroleum flies
  7. petroleum fly
  8. petroleum jellies
  9. petroleum jelly
  10. petroleum product
  11. petroleum products

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