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WET FLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wet fly mean?

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

1. fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water

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

Dictionary entry details

• WET FLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

fly (fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect)

Antonym:

dry fly (a fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water)

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