"hoverfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hoverflies [plural]
Etymology: From hover + fly. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hover|fly}} hover + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoverfly (plural hoverflies)
  1. Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers. Categories (lifeform): Aschizan flies Synonyms: flower fly, flower-fly, hover-fly, hover fly Translations (fly in the family Syrphidae): ذُبَاب حَوَّام (ḏubāb ḥawwām) (Arabic), ذُبَاب الزُّهُور (ḏubāb az-zuhūr) (Arabic), سِرْفَة (sirfa) [feminine] (Arabic), журчалка (žurčalka) [feminine] (Belarusian), цветарка (cvetarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pestřenka [feminine] (Czech), vosička [feminine] (Czech), zweefvlieg (Dutch), sirfedo (Esperanto), blómufluga [feminine] (Faroese), kukkakärpänen (Finnish), syrphe [masculine] (French), Schwebfliege [feminine] (German), zengőlégy (Hungarian), sirfidi [masculine] (Italian), 花虻 (hanaabu) (alt: ハナアブ) (Japanese), 꽃등에과 (kkotdeung'egwa) (Korean), žiedmusė [feminine] (Lithuanian), tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí (Navajo), bzyg [masculine] (Polish), mosca-das-flores [feminine] (Portuguese), журча́лка (žurčálka) [feminine] (Russian), osolika muha [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trepetavka [feminine] (Slovene), sírfido [masculine] (Spanish), blomfluga [common-gender] (Swedish), дзюрча́лка (dzjurčálka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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