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ˈwater-fly
[fly n.1]
A fly that frequents water and the water-side.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 60 Rather on Nylus mudde Lay me starke-naked, and let the water-Flies Blow me into abhorring. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. xii. 109 Water-rails..feed upon water-snails and water-flies. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VII. 359 The Common Water-Flie..is by some called the Notonecta. 1818Keats Endym. ii. 135 Quick waterflies and gnats were sporting still. 1828Davy Salmonia 53 Even in December and January there are a few small gnats or water flies on the water. 1910Encycl. Brit. II. 28/1 The matching of the fly with the insect on the water is a matter of much nicety, for the water-flies are of many shades and colours.
fig.1602Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 84 Dost know this waterflie? 1606― Tr. & Cr. v. i. 38 Ah how the poore world is pestred with such water-flies, diminutiues of Nature. |