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noun
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: paper
History
From fly + paper.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
