"flower fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flower flies [plural]
Etymology: From flower + fly. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flower|fly}} flower + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} flower fly (plural flower flies)
  1. A hoverfly. Wikipedia link: flower fly Categories (lifeform): Aschizan flies
    Sense id: en-flower_fly-en-noun-zWm3zwjs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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