Usually means: Colorful fly mimicking a bee.
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  3. hoverfly: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoverfly)

▸ noun:  Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

Similar:
hover-fly, syrphid, syrphine, flower fly, flower-fly, dance fly, flowerfly, syrphian, hummingbird, syrphus, more...

Types:
Eristalis, Helophilus, Syritta, Volucella, Xanthogramma, Melanostoma, Myathrop, more...

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Similar:
hover-fly, syrphid, syrphine, flower fly, flower-fly, dance fly, flowerfly, syrphian, hummingbird, syrphus, more...

Types:
Eristalis, Helophilus, Syritta, Volucella, Xanthogramma, Melanostoma, Myathrop, more...



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