Engelska | Italienska |
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flyswatter (device for swatting flies) noun | scacciamoschenoun |
flywheel (rotating mass) noun [UK: ˈflaɪ.wiːl] [US: ˈflaɪ.ˌwil] | volanonoun |
bee fly noun | bombilionoun |
briefly (in a brief manner) adverb [UK: ˈbriː.fli] [US: ˈbriː.fli] | brevementeadverbHe answered briefly. = Rispose brevemente. concisamenteadverb |
butterfly door (type of car door) noun | |
butterfly effect [butterfly effects] (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory) noun [UK: ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ ɪ.ˈfekt] [US: ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪ ɪ.ˈfekt] | effetto farfallanoun |
butterfly net (net used to collect butterflies) noun | acchiappafarfallenoun |
butterfly stroke (swimming stroke) noun [UK: ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ strəʊk] [US: ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪ stroʊk] | farfallanoun |
butterfly valve (valve which can be used for isolation or regulating flow) noun | valvola a farfallanoun |
butterflyfish (tropical marine fish) noun | pesce farfallanoun |
caddis fly [caddis flies] (insect of the order Trichoptera) noun [UK: ˈkæ.dɪs.flaɪ] [US: ˈkæ.dɪs.flaɪ] | tricotteronoun |
chiefly (mainly or principally, almost entirely) adverb [UK: ˈtʃiː.fli] [US: ˈtʃiː.fli] | principalmenteadverbA fork is an instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. = Una forchetta è uno strumento usato principalmente per lo scopo di mettere animali morti in bocca. |
cranefly (fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha) noun | tipulanoun |
dragonfly [dragonflies] (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera) noun [UK: ˈdræ.ɡən.flaɪ] [US: ˈdræ.ɡən.flaɪ] | libellulanoun |
firefly [fireflies] (Lampyridae) noun [UK: ˈfaɪə.flaɪ] [US: ˈfaɪər.ˌflaɪ] | lucciolanoun |
flesh fly (carrion-eating fly) noun | mosca della carnenoun |
forest fly (fly of the genus Hippobosca) noun | mosca cavallinanoun mosca culaianoun |
horsefly [horseflies] (fly of the family Tabanidae) noun [UK: ˈhɔːs.flaɪ] [US: ˈhɔːrs.flaɪ] | tafanonoun |
housefly [houseflies] (fly) noun [UK: ˈhaʊs.flaɪ] [US: ˈhaʊs.flaɪ] | musca domesticanoun |
hoverfly [hoverflies] (fly in the family Syrphidae) noun [UK: ˈhə.vərˌ.flaɪ] [US: ˈhə.vər.ˌflaɪ] | sirfidinoun |
hurt a fly (idiomatic: be of very gentle nature) verb | |
least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) noun | pigliamosche minimonoun |
mayfly [mayflies] (insect of order Ephemeroptera) noun [UK: ˈmeɪ.flaɪ] [US: ˈmeɪ.flaɪ] | efemeranoun effimeranoun |
overfly [overflew, overflown, overflying, overflies] (fly over something) verb [UK: ˌəʊv.ə.ˈflaɪ] [US: ˌoʊv.ə.ˈflaɪ] | sorvolareverb |
stable fly [stable flies] noun [UK: ˈsteɪb.l̩ flaɪ] [US: ˈsteɪb.l̩ ˈflaɪ] | mosca caninanoun |
stiffly (in a stiff manner) adverb [UK: ˈstɪ.fli] [US: ˈstɪ.fli] | legnosamenteadverb rigidamenteadverb |
unidentified flying object (anything in the air not readily explainable) noun [UK: ˌʌ.naɪ.ˈden.tɪ.faɪd ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ əb.ˈdʒekt] [US: ˌʌ.naɪ.ˈden.tə.ˌfaɪd ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈɑːb.dʒekt] | oggetto volante non identificatonoun OVNInoun |
Venus flytrap [Venus flytraps] (Dionaea muscipula) noun [UK: ˈviː.nəs ˈflaɪ.træp] [US: ˈviː.nəs ˈflaɪ.ˌtræp] | acchiappamoschenoun dioneanoun pigliamoschenoun venere acchiappamoschenoun |
when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom) adverb [UK: wen pɪɡz flaɪ] [US: hwen ˈpɪɡz ˈflaɪ] | alle calende grecheadverb |