English Explanatory Dictionary

hangingfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.

Word forms

hangingfly hangingflies

Etymology

From hanging + fly. Piecewise cognate with Dutch hangvlieg.

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