ROBBER FLY

Meaning of ROBBER FLY in English

■ noun a large predatory fly which darts out and grabs insect prey on the wing. [Family Asilidae.]

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ROBBER FLY — noun Date: 1871 any of a family (Asilidae) of predaceous dipteran flies including some resembling bumblebees
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROBBER FLY — or assassin fly Any of about 4,000 species of predatory dipterans in the family Asilidae, found worldwide. Robber flies are …
Английский словарь Британика
ROBBER FLY — noun : any of numerous often large predaceous flies of the family Asilidae that usually are covered with coarse bristly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROBBER FLY — any of numerous swift-flying, often large, dipterous insects of the family Asilidae that are predaceous on other insects. [ 1870-75 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROBBER FLY — Date: 1871 : any of a family (Asilidae) of predaceous dipteran flies including some resembling bumblebees
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROBBER FLY — Function: noun Date: 1871 : any of a family (Asilidae) of predaceous dipteran flies including some resembling bumblebees
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROBBER FLY — [robber fly] n (1871): any of a family (Asilidae) of predaceous flies including some closely resembling bumblebees
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROBBER FLY — also called Assassin Fly, any predatory insect of the family Asilidae (order Diptera), numbering about 4,000 species, worldwide in distribution. …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROBBER FLY — or assassin fly Any of about 4,000 species of predatory dipterans in the family Asilidae, found worldwide. Robber flies are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROBBER — furtero, furtard, raubero
English interlingue dictionary
ROBBER — kawatan;magnanakaw
English-Visayan vocabulary
ROBBER — noun see: rob
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROBBER — ˈräbə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English robbere, robbour, from Old French robere, robeor, from roben …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROBBER — (n.) One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence …
Английский словарь Webster
ROBBER — ( n. ) One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROBBER — /rob"euhr/ , n. a person who robs. [ 1125-75; ME robbere robere. See ROB, -ER 1 ] Syn . highwayman, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROBBER — n. thief, burglar, one who steals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROBBER — see rob
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROBBER — noun one who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence …
Webster English vocab
FLY
Webster English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROBBER — robber BrE AmE ˈrɒb ə AmE \ ˈrɑːb ə r ▷ robber|s z ▶ ˌ robber ˈ baron, ˈ•• ˌ•• …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROBBER — / ˈrɒbə(r); NAmE ˈrɑːb-/ noun a person who steals from a person or place, especially using violence or threats : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROBBER — rob ‧ ber /ˈrɒbə $ ˈrɑːbər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] someone who steals money or property ⇨ thief , burglar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROBBER — n. a person who commits robbery. ørobber baron 1 a plundering feudal lord. 2 an unscrupulous plutocrat. [ME f. AF …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROBBER — n. a person who commits robbery. robber baron 1 a plundering feudal lord. 2 an unscrupulous plutocrat. [ ME f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROBBER — n. a person who commits robbery. Phrases and idioms: robber baron 1. a plundering feudal lord. 2 an unscrupulous plutocrat. …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
ROBBER — ( robbers) A robber is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROBBER — (~s) A ~ is someone who steals money or property from a bank, a shop, or a vehicle, often by …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROBBER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bank robber/robbery ▪ The bank robbers were never caught. robber baron COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROBBER — [noun] [C]The robbers shot a policeman before making their getaway.He's a famous bank robber.
Cambridge English vocab
ROBBER — Synonyms and related words : bandit, bank robber, body snatcher, booster, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, bushranger, cat burglar, cat man, chicken …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROBBER — n. Function: noun one who commits the crime of robbery FF1C; only one robber was involved in the holdup FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ROBBER — n. Plunderer, pillager, thief, despoiler, depredator, highwayman, footpad, brigand, bandit, marauder, freebooter, rifler, pirate.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ROBBER — noun one who commits the crime of robbery only one robber was involved in the holdup Synonyms: yegg; compare thief …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROBBER — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
ROBBER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed , masked ( esp. BrE ) ▪ bank , train ▪ grave , tomb ▪ highway …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROBBER — See ↑ STEAL 5
Longman Activator English vocab
ROBBER — сущ. вор, грабитель, похититель, разбойник Syn : thief грабитель, разбойник; вор robber вор ~ грабитель, разбойник ~ грабитель ~ разбойник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLY — 1) полёт || летать; выполнять полёт; пилотировать 2) трелевать (транспортировать) ( брёвна ) канатной установкой 3) маховик, маховое колесо 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FLY — 1) полёт || летать; выполнять полёт; пилотировать 2) трелевать (транспортировать) (брёвна) канатной установкой 3) маховик, маховое колесо 4) картушка компаса 5) балансир, уравнительный маятник 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ROBBER — robber сущ.вор, грабитель, похититель, разбойник Syn:thief
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLY — летать, пролетать; спешить; развевать(ся); улетать, исчезать (тж.fig); улепетывать; спасаться бегством муха; agric. coll. вредитель; полет; расстояние полета маятник; балансир; откидное …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLY — I flaɪ сущ. 1) а) уст. любое насекомое - fly in amber - fly-eater - fly-speck - fly-wire Syn: bee …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLY — I [§®µЎ] fly.wav сущ. 1) а) уст. любое насекомое - fly in amber - fly-eater - fly-speck - fly-wire Syn: bee, gnat, locust, moth б) любое двукрылое (не имеющее надкрыльев) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLY — 1) муха; pl мухи (Muscidae) 2) двукрылое 3) крылатое насекомое • - adder flies - ant fly - anthomyiid fly - anthomyzid fly - aphid fles - apple-seed chalcid …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FLY — 1) муха; pl мухи ( Muscidae ) 2) двукрылое 3) крылатое насекомое • - adder flies - ant fly - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FLY — _I _n. 1> муха 2> _с-х. _собир. вредитель; a fly in the ointment - ложка дегтя в бочке меда; a …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

Concise Oxford English vocab

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