flies: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of flies
- butterflies«Word Popularity Bar4/5
butterfly
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
butterfly stroke.
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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firefly
- noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
Pyrophorus noctiluca; fire beetle.
- noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
lightning bug.
- noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
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dragonfly
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
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mayfly
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
shadfly; dayfly.
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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whitefly
- noun minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
- noun minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
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housefly
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Musca domestica; house fly.
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
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blowfly
- noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
blow fly.
- noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
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gadfly
- noun a persistently annoying person
pesterer; cuss; pest; blighter.
- noun any of various large flies that annoy livestock
- noun a persistently annoying person
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horsefly
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
Hippobosca equina; horse tick.
- noun large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
clegg; horse fly; cleg.
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
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botfly
- noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
- noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
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stonefly
- noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
plecopteran; stone fly.
- noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
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blackfly
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Aphis fabae; bean aphid.
- noun small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
buffalo gnat; black fly.
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
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sandfly
- noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
Phlebotomus papatasii; sand fly.
- noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
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damselfly
- noun slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
- noun slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
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sawfly
- noun insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
- noun insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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barflies
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `flies`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `flies`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `flies`, some are not.
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