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soldier fly

soldier fly noun: any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.

soldier fly: any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps
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Noun

soldier fly (plural soldier flies)

  1. Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.
    • Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory.2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO

soldier fly meaning in Tamil

soldier fly in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Forms of soldier fly

pluralsoldier flies
alternative formsoldierfly

Words formed from soldier fly

Questions about soldier fly

What does soldier fly mean?
Soldier fly means any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.
What is soldier fly in Tamil?
Soldier fly in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Soldier fly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soldier fly?
Soldier fly is a noun.
What is the plural of soldier fly?
The plural of soldier fly is soldier flies.

Words near soldier fly in the dictionary

  1. soldier beetle
  2. soldier beetles
  3. soldier crab
  4. soldier crabs
  5. soldier flies
  6. soldier fly
  7. soldier of fortune
  8. soldier of misfortune
  9. soldier on
  10. soldier river barb
  11. soldier thistle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soldier fly (page history and authors); soldier fly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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