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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any one of very many flies of the families Syrphidæ and Bombyliidæ which hover over flowers, rapidly vibrating their wings while searching for honey.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun any insect, of the Syrphidae family, having wasp-like markings

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