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shadefly

noun

Etymology

From shade + fly.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻
  2. inherited from *fleugǭ✻
  3. inherited from *fleugā✻
  4. inherited from flȳġe
  5. inherited from flye
  6. compounded as shadefly — “shade + fly”

Definitions

  1. Any of the butterflies of the genus Coenyra.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA