Definition of Flyless

1. free of flies (winged insects) [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flyless

flying squirrel
flying squirrels
flying start
flying starts
flying the coop
flying the nest
flying toilets
flying visit
flyingfish
flyingfishes
flyings
flyleaf
flyleafs
flyleaves
flyless (current term)
flymaker
flymakers
flyman
flymen
flyness
flyoff
flyoffs
flyout
flyouts
flyover
flyover state
flyover states
flyovers
flypaper

Literary usage of Flyless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Project Method of Teaching by John Alford Stevenson (1921)
"The plan of the fly campaign, the slogan of which was " Make Normal a flyless Town," occurred to Mr. Pricer as a means of vitalizing the work in his biology ..."

2. The Teaching of Hygiene in the Grades by James Mace Andress (1918)
"That an entire city can practically be made flyless is shown by the results of the campaign of extermination in Cleveland which made it a ..."

3. Modern Physiology, Hygiene and Health by Mary S. Haviland (1921)
"Let your goal be a "flyless" house and a "flyless" school. If there are any good carpenters among you, you will enjoy making a fly-trap. ..."

4. Annals of Educational Progress in 1910- [v. 1-: A Report Upon Current by John Palmer Garber (1912)
"A campaign in this direction was carried on most vigorously in Washington, DC One of the daily papers there is carrying on wha* it calls "a flyless city ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Efforts for a flyless city: Cleveland. 11. Survey. 30: 635-8. Ag. 23. '13. Facts about the fly. Scl. Am. S. 74: 375. D. 14. '12. Ficht against flies In the ..."

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