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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A muscid fly, Pollenia rudis, which enters houses in the autumn and clusters, in a sluggish way, on windows and walls.
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vendingmachine commented on the word cluster-fly
A muscid fly, Pollenia rudis, which enters houses in the autumn and clusters, in a sluggish way, on windows and walls.
Calling this fly sluggish is just plain mean.
February 18, 2022
bilby commented on the word cluster-fly
Yeah. And I've heard that when these things get together to mate it often doesn't go well.
February 20, 2022