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paradun en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of parachute + dun.

Meanings

  1. A kind of fly used in fishing.
    • Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […] 1991, Ed Engle, Fly Fishing the Tailwaters, page 96:

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