Meaning of acrocerid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any fly of the family Acroceridae.

Examples

“The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.”

“The winged form⟳ of acrocerids is characterized by a great reduction in the size of the head, by very great increase⟳ of the thorax with weak legs, and by small, often costalized wings; the flies feed⟳, if at all, on the nectar of flowers.”

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