| 单词 | policeman fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoliceman fly policeman fly n. Australian any of various small, solitary, usually black wasps, which hunt flies as food for their larvae; esp. one of the sphecid subfamily Nyssoninae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > miscellaneous types pasteboard wasp1864 killer1868 policeman fly1905 median wasp1990 media wasp1993 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of Nyssonidae (policeman fly) policeman fly1905 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of Stizidae (policeman fly) policeman fly1905 1905 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Mar. 16/2 The ‘policeman fly’..is a black fly... When ‘the force’ arrives at a camp, the common fly has to clear out. 1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xxii. 299 These wasps [sc. Arpactidae] and the members of the following family [sc. Nyssonidae] are known as ‘Policeman Flies’ in Australia. 1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 11 Jan. 6/8 Mr. Barrand found a fly which chases away other flies. He hopes to install tape-recorded sounds of the policeman fly in a transistorized unit. < as lemmas |
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