Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soldier fly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: sol-dier fly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.

Example Sentences

"Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory."

Inflected Forms

soldier flies (plural) soldierfly (alternative)

Phrases

Australian soldier fly Brues' soldier fly sugarcane soldier fly

Questions

What does soldier fly mean?: Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.

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