Meaning

noun two-winged insects characterized by active flight

noun flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

noun an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly From Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (*plew-k-,…

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