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Bombyliidae
(redirected from Bee-fly)

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n.1.a natural family of dipterous insects comprising the bee flies.
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Noun1.Bombyliidae - bee flies
family Bombyliidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
bee fly - hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
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As I was about to leave, their nemesis, a bee-fly, arrived, hovering over the volcanos, the downdraught from its wings blowing aside the dusty soil.
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