Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
fish-fly is a noun meaning "similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait". It carries one recorded sense.
similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fish-fly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.