单词 | hornet-fly |
释义 | > as lemmashornet-fly hornet-fly n. a dipterous insect of the family Asilidæ, a hawk-fly or robber-fly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Asilidae > member of (hawk, hornet, or robber-fly) Tenthredo1658 wolf-fly1658 hornet-fly1752 robber fly1869 hawk-fly1883 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 31 The Hornet Fly. This is one of the largest of the fly kind; it equals the hornet in size. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 290 I have often been amused in my walks with the motions of the hornet fly (Asilus crabroniformis). < as lemmas |
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