If you pull the wings off a fly can you still call it a fly?

Question

If you pull the wings off a fly can you still call it a fly?

Answer 1

well i call that a "hopper" since they hop but pretty much they are screwed and no they are not a fly.

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Answer 2

Yes.

If you pull the legs and arms of a human would you still call it a human?

If a female human is unable to bear children would she still be a mammal?

Yes.

Answer 3

I would call it an altered fly.