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FLYPAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flypaper mean? 

FLYPAPER (noun)
  The noun FLYPAPER has 1 sense:

1. paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill fliesplay

  Familiarity information: FLYPAPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLYPAPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("flypaper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)


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