"drain fly" meaning in All languages combined

See drain fly on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: drain flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drain fly (plural drain flies)
  1. A fly whose larvae live in decaying organic matter underwater, most notably on the inside of drains, Clogmia albipunctata and similar species. Synonyms: shower fly
    Sense id: en-drain_fly-en-noun-e0CqXbeZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Any species in the subfamily Psychodinae of the family Psychodidae. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans Synonyms: moth fly
    Sense id: en-drain_fly-en-noun-NAULNefw Disambiguation of Dipterans: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 61

Inflected forms

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