"flower-fly" meaning in English

See flower-fly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: flower-flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flower-fly (plural flower-flies)
  1. the hover-fly Wikipedia link: flower-fly Categories (lifeform): Aschizan flies Synonyms: flower fly, hoverfly, hover-fly
    Sense id: en-flower-fly-en-noun--0ZVhvru Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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