Usually means: Predatory fly, catches insects midair.
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  1. robber fly: Merriam-Webster
  2. robber fly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. robber fly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. robber fly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. robber fly: Vocabulary.com
  6. robber fly: Wordnik
  7. robber fly: Wiktionary
  8. robber fly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. robber fly: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Robber fly, robber fly: Dictionary.com
  11. Robber fly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. robber fly: Rhymezone
  13. robber fly: FreeDictionary.org
  14. robber fly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. robber fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Robber-fly, robber fly: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (robber fly)

▸ noun:  Any fly of the family Asilidae.

Similar:
bee killer, robberfly, assassin fly, asilomorph, frit fly, owlfly, awl-fly, hornet fly, dance fly, March fly, more...

Opposite:
prey, beneficial insect, non-predatory fly

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Similar:
bee killer, robberfly, assassin fly, asilomorph, frit fly, owlfly, awl-fly, hornet fly, dance fly, March fly, more...

Opposite:
prey, beneficial insect, non-predatory fly



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