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SYRPHUS FLY

Definition: SYRPHUS FLY

SYRPHUS FLY

1. Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: SYRPHUS FLY

English words defined with "SYRPHUS FLY": Syrphian. (references)

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Anagrams: SYRPHUS FLY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-h-l-p-r-s-s-u-y-y"

-4 letters: plushy, pussly, slurps, slushy, spryly, sylphs, sylphy, syrups, syrupy.

-5 letters: flush, furls, fussy, hurls, hurly, hussy, plush, purls, pursy, pushy, rushy, shuls, shyly, slurp, slurs, slush, spurs, surfs, surfy, surly, sylph, syphs, syrup.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SYRPHUS FLY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 59 52 50 48 55 53      46 4C 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01011001 01010010 01010000 01001000 01010101 01010011 00100000 01000110 01001100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#89 &#82 &#80 &#72 &#85 &#83 &#32 &#70 &#76 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0059 0052 0050 0048 0055 0053      0046 004C 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

535952504255532404659

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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