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Definition of Grayfly
1. n. The trumpet fly.
Definition of Grayfly
1. an unknown insect [n GRAYFLIES]
Medical Definition of Grayfly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grayfly
Literary usage of Grayfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Steps with American and British Authors by Albert Franklin Blaisdell (1899)
"Together both, ere the high lawns appeared *$ Under the opening eyelids of the
morn, We drove afield; and both together heard What time the grayfly winds ..."
2. John Milton's L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas by John Milton, William Peterfield Trent (1902)
"... ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the Morn, We drove
a-field, and both together heard What time the grayfly winds her sultry horn ..."
3. College Entrance Requirements in English, 1901-1905 (for Study and Practice). (1896)
"... ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the Morn, We drove
a-field, and both together heard What time the grayfly winds her sultry horn ..."