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coffin fly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
coffin fly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scuttle fly, Megaselia scalaris, an omnivorous fly which eeds on plants (nectar) as well as carrion.

noun

The fly Conicera tibialis, which feeds on carrion.

Etymology

Both phorid flies are called "coffin flies" because they can be found in coffins, being able to detect buried corpses and crawl through soil to reach them.

Inflected Forms

coffin flies (plural)

Questions

What does coffin fly mean?
The scuttle fly, Megaselia scalaris, an omnivorous fly which eeds on plants (nectar) as well as carrion.
Where does coffin fly come from?
Both phorid flies are called "coffin flies" because they can be found in coffins, being able to detect buried corpses and crawl through soil to reach them.

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