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Robber Fly

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Noun

1. bee killer, robber fly

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Robber Fly

see synonyms of robber fly
noun
any of the predatory dipterous flies constituting the family Asilidae, which have a strong bristly body with piercing mouthparts and which prey on other insects
. Also called: bee killer, assassin fly

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Robber Fly

see synonyms of robber fly
any of a large family (Asilidae) of hairy dipterous flies of varying size that prey on other insects

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Robber Fly

see synonyms of robber fly
n.
Any of numerous predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long bristly legs.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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