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root fly

root fly noun: delia radicum, the cabbage fly, a pest on crops.

Noun

root fly (plural root flies)

  1. Delia radicum, the cabbage fly, a pest on crops.

Forms of root fly

pluralroot flies

Questions about root fly

What does root fly mean?
Root fly means delia radicum, the cabbage fly, a pest on crops.
What part of speech is root fly?
Root fly is a noun.
What is the plural of root fly?
The plural of root fly is root flies.

Words near root fly in the dictionary

  1. root extraction
  2. root extractions
  3. root field
  4. root fields
  5. root flies
  6. root fly
  7. root for
  8. root gap
  9. root gaps
  10. root hair
  11. root hairs

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