What does fish-fly mean?

fish-fly means "similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait".

How many syllables are in fish-fly?

fish-fly has 2 syllables and divides as fish--fly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fish-fly?

Close synonyms include fish fly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fish-fly a common word?

fish-fly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Fish-fly — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait
Synonymsfish fly
Broaderneuropteron
Part ofCorydalidae

Questions about fish-fly

What does fish-fly mean?: fish-fly means "similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait".
How many syllables are in fish-fly?: fish-fly has 2 syllables and divides as fish--fly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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