English noun: robber fly | |||
| 1. | robber fly (animal) swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing | ||
| Synonyms | bee killer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects | ||
| Member meronym | Asilidae, family Asilidae | ||