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What (who) is fly - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Fly (song); Fly (album); FLY; Fly (comics); Fly comics; Fly (comic)

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  • An ''[[Anopheles stephensi]]'' mosquito drinking human blood. The species carries [[malaria]].
  • sucking mouthparts]], single pair of flying [[wing]]s, hindwings reduced to clublike [[halteres]]
  • anthomyiid flies]]
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  • A calliphorid "bubbling"
  • [[Casu marzu]] is a traditional [[Sardinia]]n sheep milk cheese that contains larvae of the [[cheese fly]], ''Piophila casei''.
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  • [[Petrus Christus]]'s 1446 painting ''Portrait of a Carthusian'' has a ''musca depicta'' (painted fly) on a ''[[trompe-l'œil]]'' frame.
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  • Fossil [[brachycera]]n in [[Baltic amber]]. [[Lower Eocene]], c. 50 million years ago
  • Batesian mimic]] of bees.
  • A [[crane fly]], showing the hind wings reduced to drumstick-shaped [[haltere]]s
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  • Fossil [[nematocera]]n in Dominican amber. Sandfly, ''[[Lutzomyia adiketis]]'' ([[Psychodidae]]), [[Early Miocene]], c. 20 million years ago
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  • ''[[Gauromydas heros]]'' is the largest fly in the world.
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  • Diptera in research: ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' fruit fly larvae being bred in tubes in a [[genetics]] laboratory
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  • Life cycle of stable fly ''[[Stomoxys calcitrans]]'', showing eggs, 3 [[larva]]l [[instar]]s, [[pupa]], and adult
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  • A head of a fly, showing the two compound eyes and three simple eyes clearly.
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ORDER OF INSECTS
Diptera; Flies; Fly (animal); Dipterology; Dipterist; Dipteran; True fly; True flies; Fly (Insect); Fly (insect); Fly (zoology); Dipterans; Dipterous; 🪰; Dipterologist
I
n.
1) to swat a fly
2) a fruit; tsetse fly
II
v.
1)(D; intr.) to fly across, overdo fly across the ocean)
2) (d; intr.) to fly at ('to attack')
3) (D; intr., tr.) ('to travel by plane') ('to pilot') to fly from; to (she flew from New York to London; he flew his private plane to Florida)
4) (d; intr.) to fly into ('to arrive by plane') (to fly into Chicago)
5) (d; intr.) to fly into ('to go into') (to fly into a rage)
6) (d; intr.) to fly out of ('to depart by plane') (to fly out of Chicago)
7) (misc.) to fly blind ('to fly a plane solely with the help of instruments'); to fly high ('to be elated'); to fly nonstop; to fly in the face of tradition ('to defy tradition'); to fly off the handle ('to become angry')
III
n.
opening on trousers
1) to close, do up (BE), zip up one's fly
2) to open, unzip one's fly
fly         
  • 66px
  • An ''[[Anopheles stephensi]]'' mosquito drinking human blood. The species carries [[malaria]].
  • sucking mouthparts]], single pair of flying [[wing]]s, hindwings reduced to clublike [[halteres]]
  • anthomyiid flies]]
  • 66px
  • A calliphorid "bubbling"
  • [[Casu marzu]] is a traditional [[Sardinia]]n sheep milk cheese that contains larvae of the [[cheese fly]], ''Piophila casei''.
  • 55px
  • [[Petrus Christus]]'s 1446 painting ''Portrait of a Carthusian'' has a ''musca depicta'' (painted fly) on a ''[[trompe-l'œil]]'' frame.
  • 66px
  • Fossil [[brachycera]]n in [[Baltic amber]]. [[Lower Eocene]], c. 50 million years ago
  • Batesian mimic]] of bees.
  • A [[crane fly]], showing the hind wings reduced to drumstick-shaped [[haltere]]s
  • 66px
  • 50px
  • 60px
  • 55px
  • Fossil [[nematocera]]n in Dominican amber. Sandfly, ''[[Lutzomyia adiketis]]'' ([[Psychodidae]]), [[Early Miocene]], c. 20 million years ago
  • flight]]
  • ''[[Gauromydas heros]]'' is the largest fly in the world.
  • 55px
  • 60px
  • Diptera in research: ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' fruit fly larvae being bred in tubes in a [[genetics]] laboratory
  • 55px
  • Life cycle of stable fly ''[[Stomoxys calcitrans]]'', showing eggs, 3 [[larva]]l [[instar]]s, [[pupa]], and adult
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  • mouthparts]]
  • A head of a fly, showing the two compound eyes and three simple eyes clearly.
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ORDER OF INSECTS
Diptera; Flies; Fly (animal); Dipterology; Dipterist; Dipteran; True fly; True flies; Fly (Insect); Fly (insect); Fly (zoology); Dipterans; Dipterous; 🪰; Dipterologist
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that's a fly outfit
Fly         
  • 66px
  • An ''[[Anopheles stephensi]]'' mosquito drinking human blood. The species carries [[malaria]].
  • sucking mouthparts]], single pair of flying [[wing]]s, hindwings reduced to clublike [[halteres]]
  • anthomyiid flies]]
  • 66px
  • A calliphorid "bubbling"
  • [[Casu marzu]] is a traditional [[Sardinia]]n sheep milk cheese that contains larvae of the [[cheese fly]], ''Piophila casei''.
  • 55px
  • [[Petrus Christus]]'s 1446 painting ''Portrait of a Carthusian'' has a ''musca depicta'' (painted fly) on a ''[[trompe-l'œil]]'' frame.
  • 66px
  • Fossil [[brachycera]]n in [[Baltic amber]]. [[Lower Eocene]], c. 50 million years ago
  • Batesian mimic]] of bees.
  • A [[crane fly]], showing the hind wings reduced to drumstick-shaped [[haltere]]s
  • 66px
  • 50px
  • 60px
  • 55px
  • Fossil [[nematocera]]n in Dominican amber. Sandfly, ''[[Lutzomyia adiketis]]'' ([[Psychodidae]]), [[Early Miocene]], c. 20 million years ago
  • flight]]
  • ''[[Gauromydas heros]]'' is the largest fly in the world.
  • 55px
  • 60px
  • Diptera in research: ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' fruit fly larvae being bred in tubes in a [[genetics]] laboratory
  • 55px
  • Life cycle of stable fly ''[[Stomoxys calcitrans]]'', showing eggs, 3 [[larva]]l [[instar]]s, [[pupa]], and adult
  • 55px
  • mouthparts]]
  • A head of a fly, showing the two compound eyes and three simple eyes clearly.
  • 65px
  • 70px
ORDER OF INSECTS
Diptera; Flies; Fly (animal); Dipterology; Dipterist; Dipteran; True fly; True flies; Fly (Insect); Fly (insect); Fly (zoology); Dipterans; Dipterous; 🪰; Dipterologist
·vt To hunt with a hawk.
II. Fly ·add. ·noun Waste cotton.
III. Fly ·vi A Parasite.
IV. Fly ·vi A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.
V. Fly ·vi One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
VI. Fly ·vi A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
VII. Fly ·vi To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
VIII. Fly ·vi To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
IX. Fly ·vi A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, - used for fishing.
X. Fly ·adj Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
XI. Fly ·vi Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.
XII. Fly ·vi The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
XIII. Fly ·vt To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, ·etc.
XIV. Fly ·vi That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
XV. Fly ·vt To fly or flee from; to Shun; to Avoid.
XVI. Fly ·vi A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.
XVII. Fly ·vi The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, ·etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
XVIII. Fly ·add. ·vt To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an Aeroplane.
XIX. Fly ·vi A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.
XX. Fly ·vi The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
XXI. Fly ·vi Any winged insect; ·esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
XXII. Fly ·vi The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
XXIII. Fly ·vi Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. ·see Diptera, and ·Illust. in Append.
XXIV. Fly ·vi To move through the air or before the wind; ·esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
XXV. Fly ·vi To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.
XXVI. Fly ·vi The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
XXVII. Fly ·vi A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
XXVIII. Fly ·vi The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.
XXIX. Fly ·vi To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly;
- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.
XXX. Fly ·vi To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to Flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. ·see Note under Flee.
XXXI. Fly ·vi Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
XXXII. Fly ·vi A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. ·see Fly wheel (below).

Wikipedia

Fly (disambiguation)

A fly is any species of insect of the order Diptera.

Flight is the process of flying.

Fly may also refer to:

Examples of use of fly
1. Fly to Jersey from 15.50 and fly back from 15.50.
2. The storms are too high to fly over, too dangerous to fly through and often too wide to fly around.
3. They were enforcing a no–fly zone – United Nations no–fly zone.
4. He also claimed Conservative local authorities had less graffiti, fly–posting and fly–tipping.
5. Fly to Paris Orly from 13.'0 and fly back from 23.10.