dung fly

British  

noun

1. any of various muscid flies of the subfamily Cordilurinae, such as the predatory yellow dung fly ( Scatophaga stercoraria ), that frequents cowpats to feed and lay its eggs

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Example Sentences

For the yellow dung fly, sperm is best spent on virgins.

From Salon

Or, So you voted no, you have the brains of a dung fly, and what’s more, you have no manners.

From Literature

The Cow Dung Fly is a good and enticing fly, it is easily procurable, as its name intimates, on foil left by cattle: if the water is low and clear, with a brisk wind stirring, you may use it advantageously, because the wind usually carries great quantities of them upon the water, which induce the fish to rise.

From Project Gutenberg

Dun Cut,—The Cow Dung Fly, and also the March Brown and Blue Dun are on the waters in late seasons to the middle of the month.

From Project Gutenberg

If thy colour be in any created thing, it is blamed; if it be in food, it is poisoned; for thy hue is the hue of the dung- fly; it is a mark of ugliness even in dogs; and among the colours it is one which strikes with amazement and is of the signs of mourning.

From Project Gutenberg