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NOUN:
pl. flies
    1. Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially any of the family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.
    2. Any of various other flying insects, such as the caddis fly.
  2. A fishing lure simulating a fly, made by attaching materials such as feathers, tinsel, and colored thread to a fishhook.

IDIOM:
fly in the ointment
A detrimental circumstance or detail; a drawback.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English flie, from Old English floge; see pleu- in Indo-European roots


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