hoverfly

See also: hover-fly

English

A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on a flower.

Etymology

hover +‎ fly

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

• hover-fly
• flower fly
• flower-fly

Translations

fly in the family Syrphidae

• Arabic: سيرفيدية f (sirfidia)
• 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
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• Italian: sirfidi m
• Japanese: 花虻 (ハナアブ, hanaabu)
• Korean: 꽃등에과 (kkotdeung'egwa)
• Lithuanian: žiedmusė f
• Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí
• Polish: bzyg (pl) m
• Russian: журчалка (ru) f (žurčalka)
• Serbo-Croatian: osolika muha f
• Slovene: trepetavka f
• Spanish: sírfido m
• Swedish: blomfluga (sv) c
• Ukrainian: дзюрчалка f (dzjurčalka)