Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.

Origin

From hanging + fly. Piecewise cognate with Dutch hangvlieg.

From hanging + fly. Piecewise cognate with Dutch hangvlieg.

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Forms

plural: hangingflies
Singularhangingfly
Pluralhangingflies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hangarhangerhangingB1hangmanhangouthangoverhangry

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