Usually means: Insect larva damaging to plants.
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  1. canker-fly, canker fly: Wordnik
  2. canker fly: Wiktionary
  3. Canker fly: Dictionary.com
  4. Canker fly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. Canker fly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. canker-fly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. canker fly: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Canker fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (archaic) A fly that feeds on fruit.

Similar:
cankerworm, flesh-fly, Mediterranean fruit fly, fleshfly, flesh fly, fruitfly, black canker, canker, garbage fly, adder fly, more...

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cankerworm, flesh-fly, Mediterranean fruit fly, fleshfly, flesh fly, fruitfly, black canker, canker, garbage fly, adder fly, more...



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