hoverfly

See also: hover-fly

English

Alternative forms

• hover-fly, hover fly

Etymology

From hover +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌ.vɚˌflaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hoverfly (plural hoverflies)

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

   Synonyms: flower fly, flower-fly

Translations

fly in the family Syrphidae

Arabic: ذُبَاب حَوَّام (ḏubāb ḥawwām), ذُبَاب الزُّهُور (ḏubāb az-zuhūr), سِرْفَة f (sirfa) Belarusian: журчалка f (žurčalka) Bulgarian: цветарка f (cvetarka) Czech: pestřenka f, vosička f Dutch: zweefvlieg (nl) Esperanto: sirfedo Faroese: blómufluga f Finnish: kukkakärpänen French: syrphe (fr) m German: Schwebfliege (de) f Hungarian: zengőlégy Ido: sirfido Italian: sirfidi m Japanese: 花虻 (ハナアブ, hanaabu) Korean: 꽃등에과 (kkotdeung'egwa) Lithuanian: žiedmusė f Low German: German Low German: Stahflege f Maori: ngaro tamumu Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí Polish: bzyg (pl) m Portuguese: mosca-das-flores f Russian: журча́лка (ru) f (žurčálka) Serbo-Croatian: osolika muha f Slovene: trepetavka f Spanish: sírfido m Swedish: blomfluga (sv) c Tamil: மிதவை ஈ (mitavai ī) Ukrainian: дзюрча́лка f (dzjurčálka)

References

• “hoverfly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.