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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banana fly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
ba-nana fly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

Inflected Forms

banana flies (plural)

Questions

What does banana fly mean?
The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

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