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robber fly

DEFINITIONS OF: robber fly

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

Synonyms:
bee killer
Type 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
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