"fishfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishflies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English fly English fishfly From fish + fly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fish<id:finned aquatic animal>|fly<id:insect>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English fly English fishfly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fiskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*fisk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "fisċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "fisch", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fish", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "insect", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fishfly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fishfly">, {{compound|en|fish|fly}} fish + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishfly (plural fishflies)
  1. (Canada) A mayfly. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-fishfly-en-noun-KwpOLn6X Categories (other): Canadian English, Mayflies Disambiguation of Mayflies: 58 42
  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.
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Inflected forms

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