noun
swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
• Syn: ↑bee killer
• Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two-winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron
• Member Holonyms: ↑Asilidae, ↑family Asilidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.