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HANGING FLY

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• HANGING FLY (noun)
The noun HANGING FLY has 1 sense:

1. any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae

Familiarity information: HANGING FLY used as a noun is very rare.

• HANGING FLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hanging fly" is a kind of...):

mecopteran (any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera)

Holonyms ("hanging fly" is a member of...):

Bittacidae; family Bittacidae (a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera)

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