"bee fly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bee flies [plural]
Etymology: From bee + fly. Compare Icelandic býfluga. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bee|fly}} bee + fly, {{noncog|is|býfluga}} Icelandic býfluga Head templates: {{en-noun}} bee fly (plural bee flies)
  1. Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects. Categories (lifeform): Asilomorph flies Synonyms: bee-fly Translations (bee fly): vızıldayan (Azerbaijani), ভোমরা মাছি (bhōmra machi) (Bengali), bombílid [masculine] (Catalan), wolzwever [masculine] (Dutch), bombilio (Esperanto), bombyle [feminine] (French), ბზუალას (bzualas) (Georgian), Wollschweber [masculine] (German), pöszörlégy (Hungarian), lalat lebah (Indonesian), bheach-chuil [feminine] (Irish), bombilio [masculine] (Italian), 吊虻 (tsuriabu) (alt: ツリアブ) (Japanese), 재니등에 (jaenideung'e) (Korean), ызылдак (ızıldak) (Kyrgyz), musė zvimbeklė [feminine] (Lithuanian), lalat lebah (Malay), tsísʼnági átʼéhígíí (Navajo), humleflue [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), humlefluge [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bjanka [feminine] (Polish), жужжа́ло (žužžálo) [neuter] (Russian), муха-жужжало (muxa-žužžalo) [neuter] (Russian), dhurde (Somali), bombílido [masculine] (Spanish)

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