beetfly

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noun

Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.

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Meanings

nounbeetfly (plural beetflies)

plural beetflies

  1. Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.

Origin

From beet + fly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

beetfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetfly

MLA

“beetfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetfly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beetfly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetfly.

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