Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stalk-eyed fly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: stalk-eyed fly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fly of the family Diopsidae.

Example Sentences

"In at least one other arthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females."

Inflected Forms

stalk-eyed flies (plural)

Questions

What does stalk-eyed fly mean?: A fly of the family Diopsidae.

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