Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue fly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: blue fly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blue dipteran fly, especially the bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria.

Example Sentences

"Out of the upper part of the trunck grew the two wings […]: these in a blue Fly, were much longer then the body, but in other kind of Flies they are of very differing proportions to the body."

Inflected Forms

blue flies (plural)

Questions

What does blue fly mean?: A blue dipteran fly, especially the bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria.

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