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单词 wolf-fly
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wolf-fly
wolf-fly n. Obsolete a kind of large fly which preys upon other insects.
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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
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 934 The first..called in Latine, Lupus, in English, the Wolf fly…feeds especially upon flies, if he cannot come by these he preys upon other Insects.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Lupus.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 177 Asilus, Wolf Fly.
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