| robber fly n. Any of various predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long, bristly legs. |
robber fly
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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
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| Noun | 1. |  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 wingdipteran, 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 Asilidae, family Asilidae - robber flies |
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