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stalk-eyed fly

stalk-eyed fly noun: a fly of the family Diopsidae.

Noun

stalk-eyed fly (plural stalk-eyed flies)

  1. A fly of the family Diopsidae.
    • In at least one other arthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107

Forms of stalk-eyed fly

pluralstalk-eyed flies

Questions about stalk-eyed fly

What does stalk-eyed fly mean?
Stalk-eyed fly means a fly of the family Diopsidae.
What part of speech is stalk-eyed fly?
Stalk-eyed fly is a noun.
What is the plural of stalk-eyed fly?
The plural of stalk-eyed fly is stalk-eyed flies.

Words near stalk-eyed fly in the dictionary

  1. Stalinsk
  2. stalk
  3. stalk-cutter
  4. stalk-eyed
  5. stalk-eyed flies
  6. stalk-eyed fly
  7. stalkable
  8. stalkarazzi
  9. stalkarazzo
  10. stalkball
  11. stalkballs

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