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ROBBER FLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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