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stable flies

stable flies is the plural of stable fly.

Meaning of stable fly

Noun

stable fly (plural stable flies)

  1. Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
    1. Stomoxys calcitrans.

Questions about stable flies

What is stable flies the plural of?
Stable flies is the plural of stable fly.

Words near stable flies in the dictionary

  1. stable
  2. stable boy
  3. stable boys
  4. stable equilibrium
  5. stable fixation
  6. stable flies
  7. stable fly
  8. stable girl
  9. stable girls
  10. stable lad
  11. stable lads

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