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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous predatory flies of the family Asilidae, characteristically having long bristly legs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any dipterous insect of the family Asilidæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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