A contrivance for catching flies.

A device for trapping or killing bugs. Cf. insect-trap n. at insect, n. compounds 1e.

Something hanging or working by or as by a hinge. In plural = clap-net, n.

a contrivance for catching flies.

Paper coated with a sticky, and sometimes poisonous, substance, designed to attract and catch or poison flies. Also as a count noun: a long strip…

A trap to catch flies.

A flypaper.

Photography and Cinematography. A device which protects film or photographic plates from accidental exposure to actinic light; (sometimes) spec.…