Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canker fly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: canker fly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fly that feeds on fruit.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Siebenkäs, in a voice of wrath, now turned bis seat of judgment into a penitent's stool for the Venner, abusing him as a canker-fly of female buds, a dove-hawk, a house-breaker of the treasures of marriage."
"And I requite to you the years which the locust ate, the canker-fly, and the fledged locust, and the young locust, my great host which I sent among you."
"That gnawing canker-fly, the printed book, sucks the life-blood out of the great stone pile."
"In many districts, moreover, the appearance of the "canker" fly had a very prejudicial effect upon the quality of the oil."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

canker flies (plural)

Questions

What does canker fly mean?: A fly that feeds on fruit.

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