Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fish-fly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Canadian usage

noun

Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English fly English fishfly From fish + fly.

Usage

Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

fishflies (plural)

Questions

What does fishfly mean?: A mayfly.
Where does fishfly come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English fly English fishfly From fish + fly.

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