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Order of insects
A fly (pl. flies) is an insect of the order Diptera (from Ancient Greek δι- di- 'two' and πτερόν pteron 'wing'), named for the single pair of wings. The
Fly
Topics referred to by the same term
also refer to: Fly, Ohio, U.S. Fly, Tennessee, U.S. Fly River (or the Fly), New Guinea Fly (artist), comic book artist and illustrator Fly (gamer), Israeli
Fly_(disambiguation)
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The Fly may refer to: The Fly (1958 film), an American science-fiction horror film by Kurt Neumann Return of the Fly, a 1959 sequel of the 1958 film Curse
The_Fly
Form of remote shift-based employment
Fly-in fly-out is a method of employing people in remote areas by flying them temporarily to the work site instead of relocating employees and their families
Fly-in_fly-out
1975 English language song from Germany
"Fly, Robin, Fly" is a song by the German disco group Silver Convention from their debut studio album Save Me (1975). Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager
Fly,_Robin,_Fly
Strength training exercise
A machine fly, alternatively called a seated lever fly or "pec deck" fly is a strength training exercise based on the free weight chest fly. As with the
Machine_fly
Play in baseball
In baseball, a sacrifice fly (sometimes abbreviated to sac fly) is defined by Rule 9.08(d): "Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter
Sacrifice_fly
Angling technique
Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying
Fly_fishing
Topics referred to by the same term
Fly Girl(s) or Flygirl may refer to: Fly Girls (dance troupe), dance troupe from the television series In Living Color Fly Girls (book) about 5 female
Fly_Girls
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Spanish fly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spanish fly or Spanish Fly may refer to: Lytta vesicatoria, a species of beetle Cantharidin, a
Spanish_fly
1986 film by David Cronenberg
The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction body horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th
The_Fly_(1986_film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up on the fly or on-the-fly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. On the Fly may refer to: On the fly, a phrase used to describe something that is
On_the_Fly
Fight song of the Philadelphia Eagles
"The Eagles' Victory Song", popularly known as "Fly, Eagles Fly", is the fight song of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. The song
Fly,_Eagles_Fly
Style of documentary-making
Fly on the wall is a style of documentary-making used in film and television production. The name derived from the idea that events are seen candidly
Fly_on_the_wall
Topics referred to by the same term
Human Fly was the nickname of numerous stunt entertainers of the 20th century who would scale the exteriors of tall buildings in the United States: Harry
Human_Fly
1976 IMAX film by MacGillivray Freeman Films
To Fly! is a 1976 American short docudrama film directed by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman of MacGillivray Freeman Films, who wrote the story with
To_Fly!
1989 science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas
The Fly II is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the
The_Fly_II
Change to a system while the process it affects is ongoing
Look up on the fly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "On the fly" is a phrase used to describe something that is being changed while the process that
On_the_fly
American comedian and actor (born 1992)
Richard Whitfield (born May 2, 1992), known professionally as D.C. Young Fly, is an American comedian, host, singer, and actor. Commencing his acting
D.C._Young_Fly
Electronic flight control system
Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight
Fly-by-wire
Family of insects
nuisance for humans, and many U.S. states have programs to suppress the black fly population. They spread several diseases, including river blindness in Africa
Black_fly
Species of mushroom
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita. Its name may come from its historical
Amanita_muscaria
Pre-arranged gathering of aviators with their aircraft
A fly-in, also called an aviation meet, is a pre-arranged gathering of aircraft, pilots and passengers for recreational and social purposes. Fly-ins may
Fly-in
Flight simulator software
Fly! is a flight simulator video game for Windows and Macintosh developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. It includes simulation
Fly!
Genus of disease-spreading insects
from the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula. Tsetse without the "fly" has become more common in English, particularly in the scientific and development
Tsetse_fly
Topics referred to by the same term
up fly-by-night in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fly by Night or Fly-by-Night may refer to: Fly-by-Night (film), a 1942 American thriller Fly by Night
Fly_by_Night
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Look up fruit fly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fruit fly may refer to: Drosophilidae, a family of small flies, including: Drosophila, the genus
Fruit_fly
Superfamily of flies
A crane fly, also known as a mosquito eater, or a mosquito hawk, is a member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families
Crane_fly
Private Syrian airline
Fly Cham (Arabic: فلاي شام, romanized: Falāy Shām) is a private Syrian airline based in Damascus. The airline was founded by a Syrian-Emirati joint venture
Fly_Cham
1996 film by Carroll Ballard
Fly Away Home (a.k.a. Flying Wild and Father Goose) is a 1996 family adventure drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff
Fly_Away_Home
Topics referred to by the same term
Learning to fly or learn to fly may refer to: Fledging, a bird, bat or other flighted creature learning how to fly Flight training, in which a person takes
Learning_to_fly
1954 song by Bart Howard
"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by
Fly_Me_to_the_Moon
Baseball rule about certain fly balls
The infield fly rule is a rule of baseball and softball that treats certain fly balls as though caught, before the ball is caught, even if the infielder
Infield_fly_rule
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dictionary. Fly Away or Flyaway may refer to: Fly Away (Banaroo album), 2007 Fly Away (Corrinne May album), 2001 Flyaway (Nutshell album), 1997 Fly Away (Paul
Fly_Away
Topics referred to by the same term
Fly wire, Fly-wire, Flywire or Fly Wire may refer to: Flywire (company), a former unicorn startup company Flywire (screen), a window screen of wire gaze
Fly_wire
2023 Chinese TV series or program
When I Fly Towards You (Chinese: 当我飞奔向你; pinyin: Dāng wǒ fēi bēn xiàng nǐ) is a 2023 Chinese coming-of-age romantic comedy streaming television series
When_I_Fly_Towards_You
Low-cost airline of Pakistan
Fly Jinnah or FJ is low-cost carrier (LCC), the first of its type in Pakistan, owned and operated jointly by Lakson Group of Pakistan and Air Arabia Group
Fly_Jinnah
Strength training exercise
A fly or flye is a strength training exercise in which the hand and arm move through an arc while the elbow is kept at a constant angle. Flies are used
Fly_(exercise)
Cumulative children's song
"There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" is a cumulative (repetitive, connected poetic lines or song lyrics) children's nursery rhyme and nonsensical
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly
Family of insects
material, or open wounds of mammals, hence their common name. Some flesh fly larvae are internal parasites of other insects such as Orthoptera, and some
Flesh_fly
1974 studio album by Scorpions
Fly to the Rainbow is the second studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released on 1 November 1974 by RCA Records. This was the band's first
Fly_to_the_Rainbow
Genus of flies
This is a genus of kelp fly in the family Coelopidae. As of 2017[update], it is monotypic, consisting of its type species This canus. This and T. canus
This_(fly)
Covering over an opening on clothing
A fly (short for fly-front) is a strip of material covering an opening on clothing, often closed by a zipper or buttons. It is commonly found on the crotch
Fly_(clothing)
2006 South Korean film
Fly, Daddy, Fly (Korean: 플라이대디) is a 2006 South Korean drama film. It is based upon a novel of the same name by Japanese author Kaneshiro Kazuki, where
Fly,_Daddy,_Fly
Rigging above a theater stage
A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew
Fly_system
American film series
The film series of The Fly is a sequence of science fiction-horror films, consisting of an original series started in 1958 and a remake series made in
The_Fly_(film_series)
Genus of flies
includes Musca domestica (the housefly), as well as Musca autumnalis (the face fly or autumn housefly). It is part of the family Muscidae. M. aethiops Stein
Musca_(fly)
Figure of speech describing an impossible event
The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication
When_pigs_fly
Subfamily of flies
bands. They are larger than the common housefly and smaller than the horse-fly. Deer flies lay between 100 and 800 eggs on vegetation near water or dampness
Deer_fly
Airline of the United Arab Emirates
Emirates ordered $50 billion of Boeing jets with their sister airline, flyDubai at the Dubai Airshow. Emirates ordered 90 aircraft, including both versions
Emirates_(airline)
1999 single by Foo Fighters
"Learn to Fly" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released by Roswell and RCA Records on October 18, 1999. It was the lead single from their
Learn_to_Fly
Name for two species of beetle
Nairobi fly (also sometimes "Nairobi Eye") is the common name for two species of rove beetle in the genus Paederus, native to East Africa originating
Nairobi_fly
American social networking website
FlyLady is a support and self-help group that offers advice to help people with housekeeping, founded by "The FlyLady", Marla Cilley. The group is based
FlyLady
Species of fruit fly
species of fly (an insect of the order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less
Drosophila_melanogaster
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up flysheet or fly sheet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fly sheet may refer to a lightweight pamphlet or handout, such as a Flyer (pamphlet)
Fly_sheet
2004 Kurdish film directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Turtles Can Fly (Kurdish: Kûsî jî dikarin bifirin) is a 2004 Iranian-Kurdish war drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The
Turtles_Can_Fly
Family of insects
purple bromeliad fly visiting Paris daisy, variety Madeira deep pink. Last scene is repeated at one fourth speed A female common drone fly on Zinnia. A portion
Hoverfly
Charter airline of Belgium
Its sister companies include TUI fly Netherlands, TUI fly Deutschland (Germany), TUI Airways (United Kingdom) and TUI fly Nordic (Sweden). The airline was
TUI_fly_Belgium
Film by Greg Berlanti
Fly Me to the Moon is a 2024 American historical romantic comedy drama film directed by Greg Berlanti from a screenplay by Rose Gilroy, based on a story
Fly Me to the Moon (2024 film)
Fly_Me_to_the_Moon_(2024_film)
Species of fly
calcitrans is known by the common names stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, and power mower fly. Unlike most members of the family Muscidae
Stable_fly
Species of fly
The Blandford fly (Simulium posticatum) is a species of black fly. It is a biting insect found in Europe, Turkey and western Siberia. It spends its larval
Blandford_fly
US federal government list of individuals banned from US commercial flights
The No Fly List, maintained by the United States federal government's Threat Screening Center (TSC), is one of several lists used by the Transportation
No_Fly_List
Family of insects
vertebrates, including humans, biting them to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. They
Tabanidae
Small geothermal geyser in Nevada, United States
Fly Geyser, also known as Fly Ranch Geyser, is a small geothermal geyser located on private land in Washoe County, Nevada, about 20 miles (32 km) north
Fly_Geyser
Topics referred to by the same term
Fly Boy or Fly Boys Smith's Fly Boys, paramilitary group formed during the 1741 New York slave revolt Fly Boy, a song from the album I Need Mine Fly Boy
Flyboy
Genus of flies
warble fly include Hypoderma bovis (the ox warble fly) and Hypoderma lineatum (the cattle warble fly) and Hypoderma tarandi (the reindeer warble fly). Larvae
Warble_fly
1958 film directed by Edward Bernds
Return of the Fly is a 1959 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to The Fly (1958). It is the second installment in The Fly film series. It
Return_of_the_Fly
Type of hand fan, often ceremonial, notably made of feathers or animal tail hairs
A fly-whisk (or fly-swish) is a tool that is used to swat flies. A similar device is used as a hand fan in hot tropical climates, sometimes as part of
Fly-whisk
Index of animals with the same common name
Wheat fly is a common name for several insects and may refer to: Contarinia tritici Mayetiola destructor Oscinella soror Sitodiplosis mosellana Tetramesa
Wheat_fly
1972 soundtrack album by Curtis Mayfield
Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released on July 11, 1972, by Curtom Records as the soundtrack for the
Super_Fly_(soundtrack)
1958 film by Kurt Neumann
The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed and produced by Kurt Neumann and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay by James
The_Fly_(1958_film)
Parasitic insect
myiasis in humans. A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary
Botfly
2011 studio album by Yes
Fly from Here is the twentieth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 22 June 2011 by Frontiers Records, and is their
Fly_from_Here
1981 song by Yasuha
"Fly-Day Chinatown" (フライディ・チャイナタウン, Furaidi Chainataun) is the 1981 debut song of Japanese singer Yasuha, released as part of her debut album Transit
Fly-Day_Chinatown
Type of fishing line
Fly line is a fishing line used by fly anglers to cast artificial flies using a fly rod. Fly lines evolved from horsehair lines described by Izaak Walton
Fly_line
Raptorial winged insects
rest. By contrast, damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) have slender bodies and fly more weakly; most species fold their wings over the abdomen when stationary
Dragonfly
English pirate
William Fly (died 12 July 1726) was an English pirate who raided New England shipping fleets for three months in 1726 until he was captured by the crew
William_Fly
List of ships with the same or similar names
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly: HMS Fly (1648) was a six-gun sloop, built in 1648 and last listed in 1652. HMS Fly (1672) was a six-gun dogger captured
HMS_Fly
Topics referred to by the same term
Fly Guy may refer to: Fly Guy (video game), a 2002 flash game created by Trevor van Meter Fly Guy (book series), a series of children's books by Tedd
Fly_Guy
Topics referred to by the same term
Fly by wire, Fly-by-wire or Fly by Wire may refer to: Fly-by-wire (FBW), electronic flight control system Fly by Wire (album), an album by Someone Still
Fly_by_wire
Romanian dance group
Fly Project is a Romanian dance group from Bucharest, Romania, created in 2005 by Tudor Ionescu. Tudor Ionescu and Dan Deneș release their debut album
Fly_Project
Moldovan airline
Fly Pro (legally CA "Fly Pro" SRL) is a Moldovan cargo charter airline established in November 2016 based at Chișinău International Airport. Fly Pro operates
Fly_Pro
Aerosol used in killing flies
Fly spray is a chemical insecticide that comes in an aerosol can that is sprayed into the air to kill flies. Fly sprays will kill various insects such
Fly_spray
1975 studio album by Rush
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 14, 1975, by Mercury Records. It was the first Rush album
Fly_by_Night_(album)
Process of producing artificial flies used in fly fishing
Fly tying (also historically referred to in England as dressing flies) is the process of producing an artificial fly used by fly fishing anglers to catch
Fly_tying
Aquatic insects of the order Ephemeroptera
necessarily in May, in enormous numbers. Some hatches attract tourists. Fly fishermen make use of mayfly hatches by choosing artificial fishing flies
Mayfly
2018 Israeli TV series or program
When Heroes Fly (Hebrew: בשבילה גיבורים עפים, romanized: Bishvila Giborim Afim, lit. 'Heroes fly for her') is an Israeli drama television series that was
When_Heroes_Fly
Species of insect
yellow fly or yellow fly of the dismal swamp in the United States or doctor fly in Belize, is a species of highly aggressive biting horse-fly of the family
Diachlorus_ferrugatus
Israeli actor (born 1985)
Hostages (2013–2016), the political thriller Fauda (2015), and When Heroes Fly (2018). In 2016, he received an Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor for
Tomer_Capone
Device for trapping or killing flying insects
A fly-killing device is used for pest control of flying insects, such as houseflies, wasps, moths, gnats, and mosquitoes. A flyswatter (or fly-swat, fly
Fly-killing_device
Militarily-enforced area prohibiting certain aircraft
A no-fly zone, also known as a no-flight zone (NFZ), or air exclusion zone (AEZ), is a territory or area established by a military power over which certain
No-fly_zone
Model of electric guitar
Parker Fly was a model of electric guitar built by Parker Guitars. It was designed by Ken Parker and Larry Fishman, and first produced in 1993. The Fly is
Parker_Fly
2016 feature documentary
The Will to Fly is a 2016 feature documentary film about the Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist Lydia Lassila. The film was produced by
The_Will_to_Fly
Final club at Harvard College, US
The Fly Club is a final club at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was established in 1836 and operated as a chapter of Alpha Delta Phi before
Fly_Club
10th episode of the 3rd season of Breaking Bad
"Fly" is the tenth episode of the third season of the American television crime drama series Breaking Bad, and the 30th overall episode of the series
Fly_(Breaking_Bad)
Topics referred to by the same term
Flys may refer to: The Flys (American band) The Flys (British band) Volodymyr Flys (1924–1987), Ukrainian composer Fly (disambiguation) This disambiguation
Flys
television comedy of the same name. The format of the series is a parody of the fly on the wall documentary technique that intersperses traditional situation
List of The Office (American TV series) characters
List_of_The_Office_(American_TV_series)_characters
Class of chemical compounds
DOB-ButterFLY (DOB-MOTH) DOH-5-hemiFLY (semi-FLY; SF) DOI-2-hemiFLY DOM-FLY DOMOM-FLY DragonFLY (DFLY; DOH-FLY) FLY (DOH-FLY) TFMFly (TFM-FLY; DOTFM-FLY) 2C-B-Fly-NBOMe
FLY_(psychedelics)
Irish literary magazine
The Stinging Fly is a literary magazine published in Ireland, featuring short stories, essays, and poetry. It publishes two issues each year. In 2005
The_Stinging_Fly
Pharmaceutical compound
Mescaline-FLY, also known as flyscaline, M-FLY, or MeO-2C-2,6-IFLY, is a putatively non-hallucinogenic serotonin receptor modulator of the phenethylamine
Mescaline-FLY
FLY
FLY
Boy/Male
Native American
Flying falcon.
Surname or Lastname
English or Irish
English or Irish : perhaps a hypercorrected spelling of Flynn.
Male
English
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn, FLYNN means "descendant of Flann," hence "red, ruddy."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Free flying Shah sawar
Boy/Male
English
A stream.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fly.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Flint.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German
A Stream; A Flint-stone
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Danish : unexplained.Perhaps an altered spelling of Dutch Vlij, a topographic name from vallei ‘lowland’, ‘marsh’; in New Netherland this became a common term for a swamp.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : Normanized form of Flyford, a habitational name from Flyford, Worcestershire, named from Old English (ge)fyrðe ‘woodland’, with an obscure first element.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhloinn and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn).Scottish : variant of Lyne 3.English : habitational name from any of several places so called in Norfolk, in particular King’s Lynn, an important center of the medieval wool trade. The place name is probably from an Old Welsh word cognate with Gaelic linn ‘pool’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.Irish
Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.Irish : reduced and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg (see McClintock), and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn).English : habitational name from Lindsey in Suffolk, named in Old English as ‘island (Old English ēg) of Lelli’, a personal name representing a byform of an unattested name Lealla.
Boy/Male
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Where Hawks Fly; Settlement on the Bank
Surname or Lastname
Italian
Italian : nickname from volante ‘(he) who flies’ (compare 3, below).Spanish : unexplained.English : nickname from the present participle of Old French voler ‘to fly’, in the sense of ‘nimble’, ‘agile’.
Girl/Female
British, English
Where Hawks Fly
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.South German : topographic name for someone who lived at the upper end of a village on a hill, from Middle High German ober, obar ‘above’. In other cases, it may have denoted someone who lived on an upper floor of a building with two or more floors.North German : topographic for someone who lived on the bank of a river or stream name, standardized from Middle Low German over ‘river bank’.Possibly a shortened form of any of various German compound names formed with Ober- (see entries below).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Ober ‘senior’, ‘chief’. In some cases it can denote a rabbi; in others it is ornamental.A 17th-century American bearer of this name, Richard Ober (1641–1715/16), emigrated from Abbotsbury, Dorset, England, to the Salem colony and settled in Mackerel Cove, MA, later Beverly. His descendant Frederick Albion Ober, who was born in Beverly, MA, in 1849, was an ornithologist who discovered 22 new species of birds in the Lesser Antilles, the flycatcher Myiarchus oberi, and oriole Icterus oberi.
Girl/Female
Italian
Flying.
Boy/Male
Biblical
God of the fly.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Uddiyan | உதà¯à®¤à¯€à®¯à®¨
Flying speed
Uddiyan | உதà¯à®¤à¯€à®¯à®¨
Boy/Male
Irish
Son of a red-haired man. Surname.
FLY
FLY
Girl/Female
Indian
Merciful, Companionate, Kind
Boy/Male
Irish
Blind.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Who is Like a Peacock; Name of a River in Bankura
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Chander means Moon, Bhan means Sun both meaning is energy energetic and peace nature
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Light
Boy/Male
British, English
Love
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : reduced form of McBee, a variant of McBeth.English : from Middle English be ‘bee’, Old English bēo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Truth, Morality, Justice, Good behavior
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
God's Eye
FLY
FLY
FLY
FLY
FLY
n.
The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
a.
Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
v. i.
Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
n.
A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
n.
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.
v. i.
A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).
n.
A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
n.
A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.
n.
The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
v. t.
To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
v. i.
Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
v. i.
A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
v. t.
To soil with flyspecks.
n.
The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.
pl.
of Flyman
v. i.
A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
n.
One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.