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Flytrap   Listen
noun
flytrap  n.  
1.
A trap for catching flies.
2.
(Bot.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, having two-lobed leaves which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain sensitive hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus trapping insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves. The plant is native to North and South Carolina, growing in bogs.






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"Flytrap" Quotes from Famous Books



... network ports on it but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, callback, and even a complete {iron box} keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. Syn. {flytrap}, {Venus flytrap}. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0



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