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Definition: STABLE FLY |
STABLE FLY1. (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files, unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stable fly | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STABLE FLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stikflue (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | steekvlieg (biting house fly), stalvlieg (biting house fly), kamersteekvlieg (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pistokärpänen (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mouche piquante des étables. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wadenstecher (biting house fly), gemeine Stechfliege (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μύγα των στάβλων (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mosca delle stalle (biting house fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ablestay yflay mosca de los establos (biting house fly). (various references) stallstickfluga (biting house fly). (various references) karasinek (horn-fly, housefly, stablefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Stomoxys calcitrans. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-l-l-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: festally, flybelts. | |
-2 letters: ballets, beastly, befalls, falsely, flyable, flybelt, stalely. | |
-3 letters: ablest, alleys, ballet, ballsy, basely, befall, belays, blasty, bleats, fables, fealty, featly, fellas, festal, flatly, flytes, labels, lastly, lately, lealty, lysate, safely, safety, sallet, slatey, stable, stably, stella, tables, tellys. | |
-4 letters: abets, ables, abyes, alefs, alley, bales, balls, bally, baste, bates, beast, beats. | |
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