dronefly

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noun

A European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.

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Meanings

noundronefly (plural droneflies)

plural droneflies · alternative drone fly

  1. A European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.

    I took a large grey Drone-Fly, that had a large head, but a small a slender body in proportion to it, and cutting off its head, I fix'd it with the forepart or face upwards upon my Object Plate […].

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXIX

Origin

From drone + fly.

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APA

dronefly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronefly

MLA

“dronefly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronefly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dronefly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronefly.

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