hoverfly

See also: hover-fly

English

A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on a flower.

Etymology

hover +‎ fly

Noun

hoverfly (plural hoverflies)

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

Synonyms

Translations

fly in the family Syrphidae

Belarusian: журчалка f (žurčalka)
Bulgarian: цветарка f (cvetarka)
Czech: pestřenka f, vosička f
Dutch: zweefvlieg (nl)
Faroese: blómufluga f
Finnish: kukkakärpänen
German: Schwebfliege (de) f

Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí
Polish: bzyg (pl) m
Russian: журчалка (ru) f (žurčalka)
Serbo-Croatian: osolika muha f
Slovene: trepetavka f
Ukrainian: дзюрчалка f (dzjurčalka)

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