flytrap
nounUK /ˈflaɪtræp/
US /ˈflaɪtræp/
A flytrap is a plant that catches and eats flies and other small bugs.
The Venus flytrap snapped shut on the fly that landed on it.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A device or trap used to catch flies.
Grandpa hung a sticky flytrap in the barn to catch the flies.
3. Any plant that captures insects for food.
Sundews and pitcher plants are other kinds of flytraps.
4. Something that attracts people and then traps them.
The old arcade was a flytrap for kids with pocket money.