单词 | wolf-fly |
释义 | > as lemmaswolf-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 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. < as lemmas |
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