Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forest fly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: forest fly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.

noun

A fly of the genus Hippobosca, especially Hippobosca equina; a horse tick.

Inflected Forms

forest flies (plural)

Synonyms

horse tick horsefly horse louse

Questions

What does forest fly mean?: A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.

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