bee fly

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bee fly has 1 sense

bee fly(n = noun.animal) - hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects;

is a kind of

fly

is a member of bombyliidae, family bombyliidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bee fly, n.

any dipterous insect of the family Bombyliidae, which eat nectar and in some cases resemble bees. Their larvae are parasitic on the larvae of bees and other insects. [WordNet 1.5]