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    ROBBER FLY

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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 wingplay

    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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