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hoverfly in British English (ˈhɒvəˌflaɪ) nounany dipterous fly of the family Syrphidae, with a typically hovering flight, esp Syrphus ribesii, which mimics a wasp Examples of 'hoverfly' in a sentencehoverfly Both these kinds of hoverfly feed mainly on pollen and have short tongues.Hoverfly larvae frequently lack the elegance of the finished adult.It wasn't a bumblebee, it was a hoverfly pretending to be a bumblebee.It is just coming into flower now and it's hoverfly heaven.This is a hoverfly, a master of flight, which acts as if the air is something you can perch on.One is the common banded hoverfly, which has three broad yellow bands, the top one broken.Hoverfly is not a precise term.The commonest garden hoverfly is a wasp mimic with the pleasant name of marmalade fly.Another is the common banded hoverfly, which has three broad yellow bands, the topone broken.The other is the marmalade hoverfly. © Eric Isselee, shutterstock |