Definition of Cornfly

1. the gout-fly [n CORNFLIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornfly

cornfield meets
cornfields
cornflag
cornflags
cornflake
cornflakes
cornflies
cornfloor
cornfloors
cornflour
cornflours
cornflower
cornflower aster
cornflower blue
cornflowers
cornfly (current term)
cornholed
cornholes
cornholing
cornhusk
cornhusking
cornhuskings
cornhusks
corni
cornic
cornic acid
cornice
corniced
cornices

Literary usage of Cornfly

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

1. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1884)
"... which was just springing from the ground, when shot, contained nothing in his crop but cockchafer grubs, worms, and some maggots of the cornfly. ..."

2. Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France by Maurice Tourneux (1907)
"Bibliographie des travaux publiés de 1866 à I89~ sur l'histoire de la France depuis 1789. T. Ier. Fascicule Ier. Pans, cornfly. In-8 à 2 col.,"de 162 p. ..."

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