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dronefly

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English

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Etymology

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From drone +‎ fly.

Noun

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dronefly (plural droneflies)

  1. A European hoverfly, Eristalis tenax.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXIX:
      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 […].

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From drone +‎ fly.

Noun

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dronefly n (definite singular droneflyet, indefinite plural dronefly, definite plural droneflya or droneflyene)

  1. (aviation) a drone (pilotless aircraft)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From drone +‎ fly.

Noun

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dronefly n (definite singular droneflyet, indefinite plural dronefly, definite plural droneflya)

  1. (aviation) a drone (pilotless aircraft)

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