Found 1 hit - Term: drake fly, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drake \drake\ dr=ak, n. akin to lg. drake, ohg. antrache,
anetrecho, g. enterich, icel. andriki, dan. andrik, osw.
andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. as. ened, fem., duck; akin to
d. eend, g. ente, icel. "ond, dan. and, sw. and, lith.
antis, l. anas, gr. ? for ?, and perh. skr. =ati a water
fowl. root207. in english the first part of the word was
lost. the ending is akin to e. rich. cf. gulaund.
1. the male of the duck kind.
1913 webster
2. cf. dragon fly, under dragon. the drake fly.
1913 webster
the drake will mount steeple height into the air.
--walton.
1913 webster
drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
1913 webster
the dark drake fly, good in august. --walton.
1913 webster
see also:
gulaund dragon drake fly
Results 1 - 10 of 10 found about drake fly: Fly
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Fly, definition of term: Fly
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Drake, definition of term: Drake
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Fly Open, definition of term: Fly Open
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Fly Over, definition of term: Fly Over
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Fly Fishing, definition of term: Fly Fishing
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Fly Agaric, definition of term: Fly Agaric
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Fly Ash, definition of term: Fly Ash
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Dragon Fly, definition of term: Dragon Fly
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Caddis Fly, definition of term: Caddis Fly
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