asilidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Asilidae*:
NOUN	animal	Asilidae, family Asilidae	robber flies

English > *Asilidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	robber flies.
Synonym	family Asilidae
Member of	Diptera, order Diptera	A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
Members	robber fly, bee killer	swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
Broader	arthropod family	Any of the arthropods
Spanish	Asilidae, asílidos, familia Asilidae
Catalan	asílids

HyperDic: asilidae