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- noun Plural form of
housefly .
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Examples
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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And in the meantime I lay there on my cell floor and played games with houseflies.
Chapter 5 2010
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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I played games with flies, with ordinary houseflies that oozed into solitary as did the dim gray light; and I learned that they possessed a sense of play.
Chapter 5 2010
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And the hours were very long in solitary; nor could I sleep them all away; nor could I while them away with houseflies, no matter how intelligent For houseflies are houseflies, and I was a man, with a man's brain; and my brain was trained and active, stuffed with culture and science, and always geared to a high tension of eagerness to do.
Chapter 5 2010
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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And except for houseflies, not many other kinds of bugs.
biting insects 2009
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