Definitions For Hoverfly

Noun

{{en-noun, hoverflies}} Any of various fly, flies from the family syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

Synonyms

hover-fly flower fly flower-fly

Translations

Arabic: سيرفيدية, f (sirfidia) Belarusian: журчалка, f, sc=Cyrl Bulgarian: цветарка, f Czech: pestřenka, f, vosička, f Dutch: zweefvlieg Esperanto: sirfedo Faroese: blómufluga, f Finnish: kukkakärpänen French: syrphe, m German: Schwebfliege, f Italian: sirfidi, m Japanese: 花虻 (ハナアブ, hanaabu) Korean: 꽃등에과 Lithuanian: žiedmusė, f Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí Polish: bzyg, m Russian: журчалка, f Serbo-Croatian: osolika muha, f Slovene: trepetavka, f Spanish: sírfido, m Swedish: blomfluga, c Ukrainian: дзюрчалка, f, sc=Cyrl

Etymology

hover + fly

Is Hoverfly a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
20

The word Hoverfly is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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