DRY FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry fly mean? 

• DRY FLY (noun)
  The noun DRY FLY has 1 sense:

1. a fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water

  Familiarity information: DRY FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY FLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fly (fisherman's lure) that skims the surface of the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dry fly" is a kind of...):

fly (fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect)

Antonym:

wet fly (fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water)