ROBBER FLY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing

Synonyms:

bee killer; robber fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("robber fly" is a kind of...):

dipteran; dipteron; dipterous insect; two-winged insects (insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing)

Holonyms ("robber fly" is a member of...):

Asilidae; family Asilidae (robber flies)

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