Kamelhalsfliege

German

Etymology

Kamel (“camel”) +‎ Hals (“neck”) +‎ Fliege (“fly”). Compare Slovene kamelovratnica (< kamela + vrat).

Also compare typologically Polish wielbłądka, Russian верблю́дка (verbljúdka).

Noun

Kamelhalsfliege f (genitive Kamelhalsfliege, plural Kamelhalsfliegen)

  1. snakefly

Declension

Declension of Kamelhalsfliege [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kamelhalsfliege die Kamelhalsfliegen
genitive einer der Kamelhalsfliege der Kamelhalsfliegen
dative einer der Kamelhalsfliege den Kamelhalsfliegen
accusative eine die Kamelhalsfliege die Kamelhalsfliegen
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