fly
Significat
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- Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
- (obsolete) A parasite.
- A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- A butterfly (combination of four options).
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/flaɪ/
Etimologia
table From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Cognate with Scots flee, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, Dutch vlieg, German Low German Fleeg, German Fliege, Danish flue, Norwegian Bokmål flue, Norwegian Nynorsk fluge, Swedish fluga, Icelandic fluga.
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vlieg
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vliegen
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fliegen
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Flügel
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vleugel
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