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fly·pa·per

 (flī′pā′pər)
n.
Paper coated with a sticky, sometimes poisonous substance, used to catch flies.
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flypaper

(ˈflaɪˌpeɪpə)
n
paper with a sticky and poisonous coating, usually hung from the ceiling to trap flies
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fly•pa•per

(ˈflaɪˌpeɪ pər)

n.
paper designed to destroy flies by catching them on its sticky surface or poisoning them on contact.
[1840–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.flypaper - paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill fliesflypaper - paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
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Translations

flypaper

[ˈflaɪˌpeɪpəʳ] Npapel m matamoscas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flypaper

[ˈflaɪˌpeɪpəʳ] ncarta moschicida
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Sometimes this oil accumulates and basically acts like flypaper for irritants (not just makeup) that cause red eyes.
There are highly detailed treatments on the biosvstematics, evolution, and life histories of four rather large families, including the Droseraceae, which includes two basic trap types: the "flypaper" trap as seen in Drosera and the "snap-trap" as seen in Dionea, popularly known as the Venus Fly Trap; the monotypic family, Nepenlhaceae, and the Sarraceniaceae, with three genera, produce pitchers, or "pitfall" traps; the Lentibulariaceae includes Pinguicula, with "flypaper" traps, Genlisea, with eel or "lobster pot" traps, and U'tricularia, with suction or "bladder" traps.
I do not want a blistered, swollen groin while wearing budgie smugglers, therefore my home is festooned with sticky flypaper; a mist of insect repellent hangs heavy in the air.
It grew through an obstacle course, where it traveled over flypaper, sticky glue and nails and up an ice wall to deliver a sensor, which could potentially sense carbon dioxide produced by trapped survivors.
There were other moments of flypaper handling from the home side that lit up the first Test.
"Small mammals, birds, and insects inadvertently coming into contact with it would be immobilized as if trapped like flies on flypaper," the museum said.
And in that time, where most of the passengers are dreaming and aching for a long rest on a comfy bed, the characters clasp their hands, their fingers interlace-like insects on flypaper.
This flypaper effect is more likely when both lump-sum aid and matching aid (or equivalent tax-price reducing mechanisms) coexist and there is a high likelihood of interaction between the lump-sum aid and the substitution effect.
Foraging echidnas claw around and poke their snouts into termite or ant nests, flicking out a long gooey tongue to flypaper up insects.
So this human flypaper will "protect" pedestrians - unless the car careers into a wall with the victim still attached.