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Related to Robber flies: family Asilidae
robber fly
n.
Any of numerous predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long bristly legs.
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robber fly
n
(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 or assassin fly
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rob′ber fly`
n.
any of numerous, often large, dipterous insects of the family Asilidae that are predaceous on other insects.
[1870–75]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 Asilidae, family Asilidae - robber flies |
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