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noun • bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | ||||||||
| 35% | 4 | Hit a dipteran | ||||||
noun • a sharp blow verb • hit swiftly with a violent blow • to make an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location | ||||||||
| 35% | 3 | A fast stagecoach; a familiar spirit; a fishing lure; a flap, such as a tent-door or zip cover; or, a dipteran whose figurative presence in ointment alludes to a small but irritating flaw | ||||||
noun • two-winged insects characterized by active flight • flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent • an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth • (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air • fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect adjective satellite • (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked verb • travel through the air; be airborne • move quickly or suddenly • operate an airplane • transport by aeroplane • cause to fly or float • be dispersed or disseminated • change quickly from one emotional state to another • pass away rapidly • travel in an airplane • display in the air or cause to float • run away quickly • travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft • hit a fly • decrease rapidly and disappear | ||||||||
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1 | A fast stagecoach; a familiar spirit; a fishing lure; a flap, such as a tent-door or zip cover; or, a dipteran whose figurative presence in ointment alludes to a small but irritating flaw
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28 Jan 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 28 Jan 2023 |
2 | Common name for the dipteran insect Calliphoridae | |
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17 Oct 1996 | New York Times / 17 Oct 1996 |
4 | Hit a dipteran
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16 Aug 1979 | New York Times / 16 Aug 1979 |
5 | Jumbo's dangerous when at it
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17 Dec 2003 | The Guardian Cryptic / 17 Dec 2003 |
6 | Larval stage of a dipteran insect | |
7 | Secure after middle rung becomes dangerous
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18 Oct 2004 | The Guardian Quiptic / 18 Oct 2004 |
