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HANGING FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hanging fly mean?
• HANGING FLY (noun)
The noun HANGING FLY has 1 sense:
1. any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae
Familiarity information: HANGING FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hanging fly" is a kind of...):
mecopteran (any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera)
Holonyms ("hanging fly" is a member of...):
Bittacidae; family Bittacidae (a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera)
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