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BEE FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bee fly mean?
• BEE FLY (noun)
The noun BEE FLY has 1 sense:
1. hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
Familiarity information: BEE FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bee fly" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("bee fly" is a member of...):
Bombyliidae; family Bombyliidae (bee flies)
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