flypaper in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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flypaper [ˈflaɪˌpeɪpəʳ, Am -pɚ] N

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Flypaper loses its effectiveness over time when it dries up or becomes covered with dust, and it should be replaced regularly.
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Finally, a thing that snared me like a captive on flypaper.
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Historically, metallic arsenic (a well-known toxin to humans) was used in flypaper.
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The model proposes that plant carnivory by snap-trap evolved from the flypaper traps driven by increasing prey size.
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Chipped enamel basin, tarnished metal bedstead, tattered curtains and towels, a lumpy, ill-made bed, and a flypaper choked with its victims all proclaim the fact that visitors are not welcome.
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The pitchers of this species appear to function at least in part as flypaper traps, with the sticky inner walls trapping flying insects above the surface of the fluid.
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These pitchers appear to function at least in part as flypaper traps, with the sticky inner walls trapping small flying insects above the surface of the fluid.
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Handling and disposing of flypaper can be awkward because it is so sticky (vegetable oil can be used to remove the adhesive).
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The leaves are considered active flypaper traps that respond to captured prey by bending to surround it.
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Flypaper is not reused, but is replaced when it loses effectiveness.
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