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Meaning of "bee fly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEE FLY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEE FLY

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Bee fly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEE FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bee fly

Bombyliidae

The Bombyliidae are a family of flies. Their common name is bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae generally are parasitoids of other insects.

Definition of bee fly in the English dictionary

The definition of bee fly in the dictionary is any hairy beelike nectar-eating dipterous fly of the family Bombyliidae, whose larvae are parasitic on those of bees and related insects.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEE FLY

bee
bee beetle
bee eater
bee glue
bee killer
bee moth
bee orchid
bee plant
bee road
bee sting
bee-eater
bee-stung
bee´s knees
Beeb
beebee
beebread
beech
beech fern
beech grove
beech marten

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEE FLY

black fly
caddis fly
crane fly
dry fly
fruit fly
hackle fly
let fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
needle fly
on the fly
sedge fly
snake fly
snipe fly
Spanish fly
stable fly
tsetse fly
tube fly
tzetze fly
warble fly
wet fly

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bee fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEE FLY

Find out the translation of bee fly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bee fly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bee fly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜜蜂飞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca de abeja
570 millions of speakers

English

bee fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मधुमक्खी मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة النحل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пчелы летают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mosca de abelha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৌমাছি ফ্লাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche d´abeille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebah terbang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Biene Fliege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蜂フライ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꿀벌 의 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lebah fly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ong bay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேனீ பறக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मधमाशी माशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arı sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bee fly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bee Fly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бджоли літають
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albine Fly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύγα μελισσών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bye vlieg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bee fluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bee fly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bee fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEE FLY»

The term «bee fly» is normally little used and occupies the 115.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEE FLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bee fly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bee fly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bee fly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEE FLY»

Discover the use of bee fly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bee fly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Insects of the Texas Lost Pines
sand bee fly (fig. 60) Exoprosopa, undetermined species Biology: The sand bee fly is a large and powerful flier that hovers above wildflow- ers as it sips nectar and pollinates plants. Its maggot stage is a sand-dwelling predator that feeds upon ...
Stephen Welton Taber, Scott B. Fleenor, 2003
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Ancestral Connections: Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge
The white feather-string suspended over the ground represents the white larvae in the hive, and the trumpet blown over the hive represents the abdomen of the bee fly. The white dots painted on the trumpet and included as an element in all ...
Howard Morphy, 1991
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The Complete Garden Wildlife Book
Cleg-fly larvae are as tenacious as the female. ln their life underground, they prey on other invertebrates' larvae. Window Fly and Large Bee-fly Window Fly - Scenopinus fenestratus Length: 7mm Flight period: year round (commonest from  ...
Mark Golley, 2007
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Marvels of Insect Life: A Popular Account of Structure and Habit
Had they pitched upon the humble-bee fly 3as their recipient of special Providential favour there might have been something in it ; though even then it would have been hard to understand why the industrious bee should have been victimized ...
Edward Step, 1916
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Bee Louse, Bee Fly, or Braulid, Braula coeca Nitzsch (Diptera: Braulidae), Figure 24 An adult Braula coeca (photo by James Ellis, University of Florida), and its worldwide distribution (from Ellis, Munn (2005) The worldwide health status of ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Enchanted Rock: A Natural and Human History
ASIlIdAE—RobbER Fly FAmIly Diogmites sp., Hanging Thief genus Efferia sp., Robber Fly genus Efferia sp., Robber Fly genus bombylIIdAE—bEE Fly FAmIly ANTHRAcINAE SubFAmIly ExopRoSopINI TRIbE Efferia sp., Robber Fly genus ...
Lance Allred, 2010
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Grasshopper egg pods destroyed by larvae of bee flies, ...
On the San Luis Obispo area predatism was highest in 1937 when 60 percent of the egg pods were destroyed (48.9 percent by blister beetles and 11.1 percent by bee flies). No bee fly larvae were reported for the Sacramento area and only ...
John Robert Parker, Claude Carl Wakeland, 1957
8
Hyde's Primer
can fly Can the bee fly? Can the bee fly to the garden ? Can the bee fly to the clover ? The bee can fly. The bee can fly to the garden. The bee can fly to the clover. " Fly, little bee. Fly to the garden. Fly to the clover. Fly, %, fly." can fly man my ran ...
Aurelia Hyde, 1908
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
hinny horse agrion alderfly amazon ant ambrosia beetle animated stick anopheles ant ant lion aphid Argentine ant army ant army worm asparagus beetle assassin bug backswimmer bark beetle bat fly bedbug bee bee beetle bee fly bee louse ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
10
The Wildlife Trusts Guide to Insects
45 Violet ground Common green lchneumon fly 54, 56 beetle 75 capsid 28 Larder beetle 74 Wasp beetle 86 Common hawker l2 Large bee-fly 42 Water measurer 28 Common house-fly SO Large red damselfly 11 Water scorpion 29 Common ...
Nicholas Hammond, 2002

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEE FLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bee fly is used in the context of the following news items.
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What is this weird and wonderful creature?
The general consensus among my Facebook friends is that it's a hummingbird hawk moth, a hummingbird or a bee fly. "Keep playing the video ... «Thanet Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Bee pluses and minuses
Let a bee fly in through the kitchen window, and my other half starts as if Freddie Krueger, Michael Myers and Chucky had turned up on the ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
3
How can a single wild flower appear in 14 different versions of itself?
That's because all 14 forms of the flower are pollinated by the same insect, the small bee fly Megapalpus capensis. Something else is going on; ... «DhakaTribune, Jun 15»
4
Neptune's Daughters, OOI, throw fistfuls of beads, glow sticks onto …
Best Throw: I've got a soft spot for the adorable bee stuffed animals that I saw along the route (how can the bee fly with those tiny wings?!). «AL.com, Feb 15»
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Japan is home to the cutest bug in the world, but they're on the verge …
The “bee fly” refers not only to the appearance, but also to how they lay their eggs in the nest of Carpenter Bees, allowing the bee fly babies to ... «RocketNews24, Dec 14»

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