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FLYPAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flypaper mean?
• FLYPAPER (noun)
The noun FLYPAPER has 1 sense:
1. paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
Familiarity information: FLYPAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("flypaper" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
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