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awl-fly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
awl-fly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.

Inflected Forms

awl-flies (plural) awl fly (alternative)

Synonyms

xylophagid

Questions

What does awl-fly mean?
Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.

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