soldier fly en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.
Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory.
2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soldier flies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| soldierfly | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Australian soldier fly · Brues' soldier fly · sugarcane soldier fly
Translations (5)
ga saighdiúir cuile (insect) · uk коловодниця (insect) · ru львинка (insect) · de Waffenfliege (insect) · ja 水虻 (insect)