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asilus Ent.|əˈsaɪləs| [L. asīlus gadfly.] A member of a genus of flies belonging to the order Diptera, family Asilidæ; a hornet-fly, hawk-fly, or robber-fly.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 32 The great, smooth, black, and red Indian Asilus. 1866Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxv, They discuss the asilus and the oestrum. |