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单词 purple-fly
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purple-fly
purple-fly n. Obsolete (a) Angling a kind of artificial fly; (b) a kind of flying insect (not identified) (rare).
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1696 J. Smith Compleat Fisher 131 The Purple-fly, with Purple Wool, mixed with light brown Bears-Hair, the Wings of Stares Feather, Dub it with Purple Silk.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mida,..the name of a worm or maggot, of which is produced the purple fly, found on bean-flowers.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 311 Purple-fly. Dubbing, of purple wool, and a little bear's hair mixed.
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