flytrap

A device or contraption designed to capture or entrap flies, typically using bait or a sticky surface.

• 🇵🇹Dispositivo ou armadilha destinada a capturar moscas, geralmente usando isca ou superfície pegajosa. Também se refere à planta carnívora Dionaea muscipula, conhecida como dioneia.

1. A trap for catching flies B1 formal

   A device or mechanism designed to capture flies, often using bait or a sticky surface.

   • He set a flytrap in the kitchen to catch the annoying insects.
   • The old-fashioned flytrap used a sweet liquid to attract flies.
   • She bought a sticky flytrap to hang near the window.

   🇵🇹Armadilha para moscas

   Sinônimos: flypaper

2. Venus flytrap B1 formal

   A carnivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) that catches insects with its hinged leaves.

   • The Venus flytrap snapped shut when a fly landed on it.
   • He grows a Venus flytrap in a terrarium at home.
   • The flytrap's leaves are triggered by tiny hairs on their surface.

   🇵🇹Dioneia

• flytraps plural form
• flytraps' possessive plural form
• flytrap's possessive singular form