syr|phus fly

syr|phus fly: syr|phus fly «SUR fuhs»,

any fly of a family that feed on the nectar of flowers and oen resemble bees or wasps, whose larvae live on decaying matter or plant lice.

╂[< New Latin Syrphus the genus name < Greek sŷrphos gnat, some small insect]

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syrphid fly — syr′phid fly also syr′phus fly [[t]ˈsɜr fəs[/t]] n. ent any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on nectar and pollen and have larvae that prey on aphids … From formal English to slang
Syrphus fly — Syr phus fly [NL. Syrphus, the generic name, fr. Gr. ?, ?, a kind of winged insect.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Syrphus} and allied genera. They are usually bright colored, with yellow bands, and hover … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
syrphusfly — syr·phus fly (sûrʹfəs) n. See syrphid. [New Latin Syrphus, fly genus. See syrphid.] * * * … Universalium

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