needle fly

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noun

a small stonefly of the genus Leuctra, whose rolled-up wings at rest give it a slender pointed appearance

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Words nearby needle fly

needle biopsy, needlecord, needlecraft, needle exchange, needlefish, needle fly, needleful, needle-holder, needle in a haystack, needlepoint, Needles

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How to use needle fly in a sentence

Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
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After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
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Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
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Many of these are small operations that would never, in any case, fly beyond Indonesia.
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Air traffic controllers and pilots together take great care not to fly in conditions that can jeopardize an airplane.
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The needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
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Aristide darted off like a dragon-fly in the sunshine, as happy as a child with a new toy.
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The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
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“Confound it, no;” rejoined Mr. Simmery, stopping for an instant to smash a fly with the ruler.
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They must be kept away from flies—a fly can work havoc with a film in a few minutes.
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