fly
Noun
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is a type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercingsubtypes:
- house fly, housefly, musca domestica - common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
- glossina, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
- blow fly, blowfly - large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
- flesh fly, sarcophaga carnaria - fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
- tachina fly - bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
- gadfly - any of various large flies that annoy livestock
- bee fly - hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
- haematobia irritans, horn fly - small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
belongs to: diptera, order diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies -
is a type of: flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freelyis a part of: fly tent - a tent with a fly front
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is a type of: opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-madeis a part of: garment - an article of clothingsame as: fly front
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referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runssubtypes:
- blast - a very long fly ball
- pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up - a short high fly ball
- line drive, liner - (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- flare - (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
- texas leaguer - (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder
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is a type of: fish lure, fisherman's lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with featherssubtypes:
- dry fly - a fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water
- streamer fly - an artificial fly that has wings extending back beyond the crook of the fishhook
- wet fly - fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water
Adjective
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domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomdomain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:same as: wingverb group: fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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referred to in:
- air, air travel, aviation - travel via aircraft
- aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
subtypes:- fly blind - fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
- fly contact - fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference
- solo - fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers
- test fly - test a plane
- jet - fly a jet plane
- glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane
- hydroplane, seaplane - glide on the water in a hydroplane
- balloon - ride in a hot-air balloon
- flat-hat, hedgehop - fly very close to the ground
- hang glide, soar - fly by means of a hang glider
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subtypes: kite - fly a kiteverb group: fly - display in the air or cause to float
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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is a type of: travel - undergo transportation as in a vehiclesubtypes: red-eye - travel on an overnight flight
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is a type of: show - make visible or noticeableverb group: fly - cause to fly or float
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is a type of: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail - flee; take to one's heels; cut and runsubtypes:
- break - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- stampede - run away in a stampede
- abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- elope, run off - run away secretly with one's beloved
- break loose, escape, get away - run away from confinement
- high-tail, hightail - retreat at full speed
- defect, desert - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
same as: flee, take flight -
referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runsis a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
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