Meanings
nounsoldier fly (plural soldier flies)
plural soldier flies · alternative soldierfly
- Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.
Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory.
2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO
Translations
German Waffenfliege
- Waffenfliegeinsect
Irish saighdiúir cuile
- saighdiúir cuileinsect
Japanese 水虻
- 水虻 (mizuabu)insect
Russian львинка
- львинка (lʹvinka)insect
Ukrainian коловодниця
- коловодниця (kolovodnycja)insect
Cite this entry
APA
soldier fly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldier%20fly
MLA
“soldier fly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldier%20fly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soldier fly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldier%20fly.
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