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Noun: bee killer
  1. Swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
    "The bee killer swooped down and caught a mosquito in mid-air";
    - robber fly

Derived forms: bee killers

Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects

Part of: Asilidae, family Asilidae