bee killer

Noun
  1. Swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing (synset 102198771)
    is a 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
    belongs to: asilidae, family asilidae - robber flies
    same as: robber fly

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