Definition of Stratiomyiidae
:a family of small often brightly colored two-winged flies comprising the soldier flies and having saprophagous or predacious terrestrial or aquatic larvae
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Stratiomyiidae
plural noun
Strat·io·my·ii·dae
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Origin and Etymology of stratiomyiidae
New Latin Stratiomyia, type genus (from Greek stratios of an army, warlike + New Latin -myia) + -idae
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