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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSASSIN FLY

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Assassin fly is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ASSASSIN FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

assassin fly

Asilidae

The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSASSIN FLY

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assailant
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Assamese
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assassin
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assault
assault and battery
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSASSIN FLY

antlion fly
bee fly
black fly
caddis fly
crane fly
dry fly
fruit fly
Hessian fly
hover fly
ichneumon fly
lantern fly
let fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
on the fly
onion fly
robber fly
scorpion fly
Spanish fly
tsetse fly
wet fly

Synonyms and antonyms of assassin fly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «assassin fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSASSIN FLY

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Translator English - Chinese

刺客飞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca asesino
570 millions of speakers

English

assassin fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हत्यारा मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة الاجرام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убийца муха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mosca assassino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হত্যাকারী উড়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche assassin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuh lalat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Attentäter fly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗殺者のフライ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암살자 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pembunuh fly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay sát thủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொலையாளி பறக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मारेकरी मारे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Suikastçı sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fly assassino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabójca Fly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вбивця муха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fly asasin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

assassin fly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rower vlieg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mördare fluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Assassin fly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assassin fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSASSIN FLY»

The term «assassin fly» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSASSIN FLY»

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Wasp Season
The Assassin fly then inserted its sharp probiscis into its living victim through the membrane of the neck. Within seconds it had sucked the wasp dry. The limp and empty body was then discarded. Beth was horrified. The Paper wasp nest was ...
Jennifer Scoullar, 2007
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
One species, the large assassin bug, defends itself by accurately “spitting” saliva toxic enough to blind a human. assassin fly See ROBBER FLY assault and battery Related but distinct crimes. Battery is the unlawful application of physical force ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, 2008
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In Praise of Nature
Listen to the English versions of the names of just a few of the kachinas: Antelope Kachina, Assassin Fly Girl, Badger Kachina, Big Ears Kachina, Blue Corn Girl, Broad-faced Kachina, Butterfly Man, Chasing Star Kachina, Chili Kachina, Cloud  ...
Stephanie Mills, Jeanne Carstensen, 1990
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The temptation; or, The watch tower of Koat-Vën, tr. from ...
... the assassin, and I am making my escape after having killed a rival." " So you are Craeb the assassin? ' " Yes, and who are you?" "Jean 'Ihomas, the honest man." "That's strange," said Craeb, " the honest man and the assassin fly together !
Marie Joseph Eugène Sue, 1845
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Kokopelli Ceremonies
Stephen W. Hill. refore Locust represents powerful medicine that can lightning shock and arrow wounds. Dpi Flute societies have locust medicine to aid in lonitory dreaming, and he is also considered to have the city to bring warm weather.
Stephen W. Hill, 1995
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Galaxy Alliance
Suddenly, everyone saw the assassin fly off his feet and into a large computer station. “That is why you never underestimate your enemy,” Phantom said as the body fell to the floor motionless. “Phantom, I don't think she is breathing anymore!
Allan D. Risa, 2011
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Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
... citrus psyllid see Diaphorina citri Asilidae 174 asparagus beetle see Crioceris asparagi Aspidiotus destructor 106 assassin bug see Reduviidae assassin fly see Empididae Asterolecaniidae 103—4 Asterolecanium coffeae 103—4 Astigmata ...
Helmut van Emden, 2013
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Insect Mythology
The Hopi personify insect spirits of the Assassin Fly in various kachina figures ( Wright 1977). The Auraucanian of South America believed that departed tribesmen, particularly chiefs, took the form of horseflies. These insects are regarded as ...
Gene Kritsky, Ron H. Cherry, 2000
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Trouble in Paradise
Yet in came long-horned beetles, short-horned beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, a lacewing, a stone fly and Tiger's favorite, an assassin fly... Assassin. Her job. By the time Susan had finished her coffee, she'd unearthed a square of plywood ...
Jennifer Greene, 2010
10
Freshwater Pond Coloring Book
This beelike appearance saves the fly from most insect predators- but the Bee Assassin fly eats it! Its eggs, laid near stagnant water, produce larvae called rat- tailed maggots, which feed on dead animals and on excrement. The floating white ...
Annika Bernhard, 2000

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSASSIN FLY»

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School honors and graduations
Her project is titled “Ethology and Phenology of the Assassin Fly Lasiopogon Slossonae (Diptera: Asilidae) in a Riparian Zone Near Lake ... «Stowe Today, Jun 15»
2
Community News
Her project is titled “Ethology and Phenology of the Assassin Fly Lasiopogon Slossonae (Diptera: Asilidae) in a Riparian Zone Near Lake ... «Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Jun 15»
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Newly Discovered Assassin Bug was Incognito, but Now it's Incognita
100-Million-Year-Old Assassin Fly Found in Ancient AmberIn "Insects in the News". British Entomologist Discovers New Wasp Species in Local ... «Entomology Today, Dec 14»
4
Robber flies only prey on insects
They have been known to stake out a bee hive and pick off all members of the hive, one by one (hence the other common name, "assassin fly"). «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 14»
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Robert Messick: Controlled Elegance Opens August 1
Raster scan, screen print on paper by Bob Messick Assassin fly, digital print on paper by Bob Messick. The recently opened Cathy Gregory ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 14»
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100-Million-Year-Old Assassin Fly Found in Ancient Amber
Torsten Dikow, a research scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, has discovered a new species of ... «Entomology Today, Apr 14»
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Extinct species of assassin fly found in amber
A scientist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History discovered and named a new 100-million-year-old species of assassin fly, ... «Fox News, Apr 14»

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