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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artificial fly used in fishing that floats on the surface of the water when cast.
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- noun fishing A
fly used infly fishing , designed tofloat in or on thesurface of thewater
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water
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