"fishfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishflies [plural]
Etymology: fish + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|fly}} fish + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishfly (plural fishflies)
  1. (Canada) A mayfly. Tags: Canada Categories (lifeform): Mayflies
    Sense id: en-fishfly-en-noun-KwpOLn6X Disambiguation of Mayflies: 66 34 Categories (other): Canadian English
  2. Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily. Categories (lifeform): Megalopterans
    Sense id: en-fishfly-en-noun-jn6wKC1- Disambiguation of Megalopterans: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90

Inflected forms

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