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单词 dun fly
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dun flyn.

Brit. /ˈdʌn flʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈdən ˌflaɪ/
Forms: see dun adj. and fly n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dun adj., fly n.1
Etymology: < dun adj. + fly n.1
1. Angling. Any of various artificial flies used as a lure in imitation of dusky-coloured natural flies; (hence also) used as a name for such natural flies. Cf. dun n.1 3.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of
moor flylOE
drake-flya1450
dub-flya1450
dun cut1496
dun fly1496
louper1496
red fly1616
moorish fly1635
palmer1653
palmer fly1653
red hackle1653
red palmer1653
shell-fly1653
orange fly1662
blackfly1669
dun1676
dun hackle1676
hackle1676
mayfly1676
peacock fly1676
thorn-tree fly1676
turkey-fly1676
violet-fly1676
whirling dun1676
badger fly1681
greenfly1686
moorish brown1689
prime dun1696
sandfly1700
grey midge1724
whirling blue1747
dun drake?1758
death drake1766
hackle fly1786
badger1787
blue1787
brown-fly1787
camel-brown1787
spinner1787
midge1799
night-fly1799
thorn-fly1799
turkey1799
withy-fly1799
grayling fly1811
sun fly1820
cock-a-bondy1835
brown moth1837
bunting-lark fly1837
governor1837
water-hen hackle1837
Waterloo fly1837
coachman1839
soldier palmer1839
blue jay1843
red tag1850
canary1855
white-tip1856
spider1857
bumble1859
doctor1860
ibis1863
Jock Scott1866
eagle1867
highlander1867
jay1867
John Scott1867
judge1867
parson1867
priest1867
snow-fly1867
Jack Scott1874
Alexandra1875
silver doctor1875
Alexandra fly1882
grackle1894
grizzly queen1894
heckle-fly1897
Zulu1898
thunder and lightning1910
streamer1919
Devon1924
peacock1950
1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. i.iiiv The donne flye the body of the donne woll.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) iv. xvi. 514 The dunne flie is good in March and Februarie.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 97 I will name..the dun flie, the stone flie, the red flie [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. iii. 16 Natural Flies for Angling..according to their Seasons, are as follow..February, The Brown Palmer, the Dun-Fly, and the Blue Dun.
1834 G. A. Hansard Trout & Salmon Fishing in Wales 90 The flies were, a blue dun fly, with a body composed of a mixture of green and yellow wool.
1875 Bell's Life in London 30 Oct. 5/3 A very small dun fly, with some red in the hackle, was the single fly which was employed.
1941 Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press 16 July 5/2 I'm going to have some fun casting a Dun fly at the blue gills.
2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Sport section) 103 Rainbow trout taking size 15 brown dun flies.
2. Any of various large biting flies of the family Tabanidae, a gadfly; (also) a botfly, family Oestridae.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly) > unspecified type
dun fly1610
side-fly1634
bulldog1792
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxi. 166 This Flie..of some is called the Gad-bee, and of others the Dun-fly, Brimesey, or Horse-fly.
1759 tr. J. Huxham Observ. Air & Epidemic Dis. I. 147 An Infinity of Dun-Flies infest the Cattle grievously.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 177 Oestrus Curvicauda, Gadbee or Dun Fly.
1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major I. vii. 193 The troop horses..shook their heads furiously under the maddening sting of the dun-fly.
1906 E. E. Austen Illustr. Brit. Blood-sucking Flies 70 Dun-flies, popular name for species of Tabanidæ.
1969 Times 30 Aug. 3/2 They had to cope with thousands of black flies, dun flies, which resembled horse flies, and mosquitoes.
2005 W. H. Robinson Handbk. Urban Insects & Arachnids vii. 189/2 (heading) Clegs, dunflies, Haematopota spp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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