asilidae

English Thesaurus

1. robber flies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	bee killer, robber fly,
definition	:	swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	diptera, order diptera,
definition	:	a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies (noun.animal)