venusflytrap
nounUK /ˈviːnəs flaɪ træp/
US /ˈviːnəs flaɪ træp/
A venus flytrap is a plant that snaps its leaves shut to catch bugs for food.
The venus flytrap closed its leaves around the fly in a flash.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A person or thing that attracts people and then traps or harms them.
The cheap loan offer turned out to be a venus flytrap for desperate borrowers.
3. A difficult situation that seems appealing at first but is hard to escape.
That job looked perfect, but it was a venus flytrap of endless overtime.
4. A trap designed to catch flies.
Grandpa hung a sticky venus flytrap strip in the barn doorway.