HyperDic: family_asilidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Asilidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Asilidae, Asilidaerobber flies
English > family Asilidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningrobber flies.
SynonymAsilidae
Member ofDiptera, order DipteraA large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
Membersrobber fly, bee killerswift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods
SpanishAsilidae, asílidos, familia Asilidae
Catalanasílids

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