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shore fly

shore fly noun: a tiny fly found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds, of one the 1,500 species of the family Ephydridae.

Noun

shore fly (plural shore flies)

  1. A tiny fly found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds, of one the 1,500 species of the family Ephydridae.

Forms of shore fly

pluralshore flies

Questions about shore fly

What does shore fly mean?
Shore fly means a tiny fly found near seashores or at smaller inland waters, such as ponds, of one the 1,500 species of the family Ephydridae.
What part of speech is shore fly?
Shore fly is a noun.
What is the plural of shore fly?
The plural of shore fly is shore flies.

Words near shore fly in the dictionary

  1. shore dotterels
  2. Shore durometer
  3. Shore durometers
  4. shore duty
  5. shore flies
  6. shore fly
  7. Shore hardness
  8. shore lark
  9. shore larks
  10. shore leave
  11. shore leaves

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