English Explanatory Dictionary

scuttle fly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Megaselia scalaris, a phorid fly.

Word forms

scuttle fly scuttle flies

Etymology

So called from the jerky short bursts of running in the adults.

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