Definition of "fishfly" [fishfly]

• A mayfly. (noun)

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• "In the silence punctuating the desultory conversation, the sharp _swish, swish_ of the sand upon the panes almost drowned the complaint of the fishfly."
• ""Them orang-outangs don't sound like no bell -- not when they holler," put in Cap'n Abe, leaning on his counter and staring at the tireless fishfly again."
• "Cap'n Abe -- and the fishfly -- boomed on together, the storekeeper evidently visualizing the scene he narrated and not the half-lighted and goods-crowded shop."