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orlfly

American

[awrl-flahy] / ˈɔrlˌflaɪ /

Or orl fly

noun

British.

an alderfly, Sialis lutaria.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

orlflies

plural

Etymology

Origin of orlfly

1740–50; orl, dialectal variant of alder + fly ¹

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