dun fly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dun fly
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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The flies I have just named will kill well in the Carra, with a small black one, like a midge, ribbed with silver, with a honey dun fly made very small.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
The first is the dun fly in March: the body is made of dun wool, the wings of the partridge’s feathers.
From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew
The second is another dun fly: the body of black wool; and the wings made of the black drake’s feathers, and of the feathers under his tail.’
From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew
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