CORN FLY

  

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CORN FLY

Definition: CORN FLY

CORN FLY

1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called ``gout,'' on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops t[ae]niopus . (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: CORN FLY

Language Translations for "CORN FLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

taenipus (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), bygflue (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gele halmvlieg (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kääpiöohrakärpänen (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

French

  

chlorops du blé (ribbon-footed corn fly), chlorops de l'orge (ribbon-footed corn fly), chlorops pieds articulés (ribbon-footed corn fly), mouche jaune des chaumes (ribbon-footed corn fly). (various references)

   

German

  

Getreidehalmfliege (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), gelbe Weizenhalmfliege (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), gelbe Halmfliege (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χλώρωψ του σίτου (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cloropsi a piedi articolati (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), cloropo del grano (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), clorope del grano (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orncay yflay

   

Spanish

  

chlorops del trigo (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), mosca del grano (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), mosca de la cebada (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly), mosca amarilla de las canas (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kornfluga (gout fly, gout fly of barley, ribbon-footed corn fly, straw fly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CORN FLY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-f-l-n-o-r-y"

-2 letters: corny, crony.

-3 letters: clon, cloy, coly, cony, corf, corn, cory, floc, lorn, lory, only, rolf.

-4 letters: col, con, cor, coy, cry, fly, fon, for, foy, fro, fry, nor, orc, roc, yon.

-5 letters: lo, no, of, on, or, oy, yo.

 Words containing the letters "c-f-l-n-o-r-y"
 

+1 letter: falconry.

 

+2 letters: gyrfalcon.

 

+3 letters: gyrfalcons, scornfully.

 

+4 letters: confirmedly, conformably.

 

+5 letters: comfortingly, fibrinolytic, forensically, fractionally, frictionally, proficiently.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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